And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble... Putnam's Monthly - Página 1031857Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Jacob Richards Dodge - 1865 - 284 páginas
...we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated...when I reflect that God is just; that his justice can^ not sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of... | |
| George Bancroft - 1866 - 110 páginas
...could overcome, and, after vain wrestlings, the words that broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the desire of Washington's heart that Virginia should remove slavery... | |
| George Bancroft - 1866 - 88 páginas
...could overcome, and, after vain wrestlings, the words that broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the desire of Washington's heart that Virginia should remove slavery... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 páginas
...have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? — that they are not to be...violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for iny country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that, considering... | |
| 1868 - 186 páginas
...have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God, — that they are not to be violated...his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." (Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia.)... | |
| John William Draper - 1868 - 628 páginas
...certainly written in the Book of Fate than that this people shall be free." " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of Fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events—that it may become probable... | |
| 1868 - 450 páginas
...have removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated bat with his wrath. Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice... | |
| John William Draper - 1868 - 630 páginas
...shall be free." "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice can not sleep forever; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of Fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events — that it may become... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1874 - 558 páginas
...— and of Jefferson, in that memorable utterance, prompted by Slavery, "I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." 4 All these sayings, directly repellent to the allegation of the Chief Justice, have often been cited... | |
| George Washington Julian - 1872 - 508 páginas
...we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated...his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice cannot sleep forever." And is it possible, in the middle... | |
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