She was the colossus of the
nations, and swiftly her voice was heard in no uncertain tones in the affairs and councils of the
nations.
- They more many than my
nation, in the place where me was; they take one, two, three, and me: my
nation over-beat them in the yonder place, where me no was; there my
nation take one, two, great thousand.
And we ourselves grow and change just as a
nation does.
Then, in the name and by the authority of the good people of the colonies, they pronounced the dissolution of their allegiance to the king, and their eternal separation from the
nation of Great Britain--and declared the United Colonies independent States.
I say adversaries, for on recalling such proud memories we should avoid the word "enemies," whose hostile sound perpetuates the antagonisms and strife of
nations, so irremediable perhaps, so fateful - and also so vain.
Hence, it will result that the administration, the political counsels, and the judicial decisions of the national government will be more wise, systematical, and judicious than those of individual States, and consequently more satisfactory with respect to other
nations, as well as more SAFE with respect to us.
The complaints of the merchants kindled a violent flame throughout the
nation, which soon after broke out in the House of Commons, and was communicated from that body to the ministry.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this
nation might live.
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the
nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all
nations.
I couldn't have felt really and satisfactorily fine and proud and set-up over any title except one that should come from the
nation itself, the only legitimate source; and such an one I hoped to win; and in the course of years of honest and honorable endeavor, I did win it and did wear it with a high and clean pride.
No, not as an individual; but, let me go and form part of a
nation, which shall have a voice in the councils of
nations, and then we can speak.
And then came the telephone, giving direct instantaneous communication and putting the people of each
nation within hearing distance of each other.
