It was a sublime thought, that where he had toiled in the house of the nation, in hours of the day devoted to its service, the stroke of death should reach him, and there sever the ties of love and patriotism which bound him to earth.
Seward articulates a profound thought about the ideal of dying in the service of one's country, reflecting on the legacy of public service.
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Their highest, their best praise, is your deep conviction of their merits, your affectionate gratitude for their labors and services.
If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel and creep all their lives.
The virtues and powers to which men may be trained, by early education and constant discipline, are truly sublime and astonishing.
The policy of the United States, with reference to foreign nations, has always been founded upon the moral principle of natural law--Peace with all mankind.
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