It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which... Government in State and Nation - Strana 125autor/autoři: James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - 1908 - 393 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| 1802 - 440 str.
...adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conis to be sustained, If, to please the people, we offer what tre ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend...honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God." This was the patriot voice- of Washington ; and this the constant tenor of his conduct. With this d'eep... | |
| 1900 - 342 str.
...knew it. Rising from his President's chair, he said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...If to please the people we offer what we ourselves disprove, how can we afterward defend our work. Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest... | |
| 1889 - 1088 str.
...exclaimed in tones unwontedly solemn with suppressed emotion, ' It is too probable that no plan -we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work P Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair: the event is in the hand of... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1921 - 566 str.
...unselfish patriotism. Once when the prospect seemed dark, Washington, addressing his associates, said : offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us here raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hand of God." Such... | |
| George Bancroft - 1882 - 532 str.
...usually solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said: " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 str.
...solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| 1904 - 850 str.
...grandeur, thus addressed them in tones of suppressed emotion : "It is probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| Walter K. Fobes - 1899 - 266 str.
...organize, when success seemed hopeless, and despair suggested fatal compromise, Washington said, —" If to please the people we offer what we ourselves...work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hands of God." There spoke the good genius of America. If any... | |
| George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 str.
...solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1887 - 994 str.
...the lofty plane of its duty and opportunity. He said, " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event... | |
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