Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the... Familiar Quotations ... - Seite 593von John Bartlett - 1875 - 864 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1893 - 376 Seiten
...Be just and fear not: Let all the ends thon aim' st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's." " Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide,...truth with falsehood, For the good or evil side.-'' " A question is never settled until it Is settled right." Programme. 1. Song. GOD BLESS OUB TEMPEBANCE... | |
| Albert Edward Winship - 1885 - 242 Seiten
...estate, is prompt, energetic, and unbiassed. It is influenced by the highest considerations of duty. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." — LOWELL. Determination, or absolute direction to a certain end, is decision fixed, established so... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1885 - 444 Seiten
...on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TENNYSON CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TURNED. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to...the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or nil side I • ••••*• Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1886 - 752 Seiten
...feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1886 - 386 Seiten
...aright ; for " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth and falsehood for the good or evil side. Some great cause,...upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt the darkness and the light." In that hour America had the wisdom given her to decide — " In whose... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1886 - 392 Seiten
...aright ; for " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. In the strife of truth and falsehood for the good or evil side. Some great cause,...sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twist the darkness and the light." In that hour America had the wisdom given her to decide — " In... | |
| 1886 - 136 Seiten
...™™,5? providence interposed. Never were the Ameri- forcrebruto can poet's lines more appropriate : " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side : Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till... | |
| Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron - 1886 - 334 Seiten
...you for your sweet compassion !" he said, hoarsely ; and then he told her. CHAPTEE XXX. THE ORACLE. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good' or evil side. Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit,... | |
| John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1886 - 874 Seiten
...Union, and we may well believe that his loyal action was not unavailing in saving the Golden State. "Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." He chose the good, and, longing for active service, wrote to that effect, and was ordered to Washington,... | |
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