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Político, pastor, educador, diplomático y orador estadounidense (1794–1865)
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Join the roomEdward Everett fue un político, pastor unitario, educador, diplomático y orador estadounidense de Massachusetts. Everett, como whig, sirvió como representante de EE. UU., senador de EE. UU., el decimoquinto gobernador de Massachusetts, ministro en Gran Bretaña y secretario de estado de los Estados Unidos. También enseñó en la Universidad de Harvard y ejerció como su presidente.
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“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant.”
“I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”
“The admission to Harvard College depends upon examinations; and if this boy passes the examinations, he will be admitted; and if the white students choose to withdraw, all the income of the college will be devoted to his education.”
“We are blessed with a faith, which calls into action the whole intellectual man; which prescribes a reasonable service; which challenges the investigation of its evidences; and which, in the doctrine of immortality, invests the mind of man with a portion of the dignity of Divine intelligence.”
“We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.”
“Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity.”
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