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 afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which... The Story of the Great Republic - Página 26por Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 349 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1802 - 440 páginas
...adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conis to be sustained, If, to please the people, we offer what tre ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend...•work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God." This was the patriot voice- of Washington... | |
| 1900 - 342 páginas
...chair, he said : " 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 disprove, how can we afterward defend our work. Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest... | |
| 1889 - 1088 páginas
...suppressed emotion, ' 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,...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...futurity, said: " 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 the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 páginas
...futurity, said : " 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 the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| 1904 - 850 páginas
...suppressed emotion : "It is 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 the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| Walter K. Fobes - 1899 - 266 páginas
...organize, when success seemed hopeless, and despair suggested fatal compromise, Washington said, —" If to please the people we offer what we ourselves...the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hands of God." There spoke the good genius of America. If any words were to be inscribed upon this... | |
| George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 páginas
...futurity, said : " 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 the wise and the honest can repair; the... | |
| Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1887 - 994 páginas
...opportunity. He said, " 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 the wise and honest can repair ; the event... | |
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