 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...  Hearings - Pagina 91de United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules - 1964Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1802 - 440 pagini
...people, we offer what tre ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our •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 ; and this the constant tenor... | |
 | 1889 - 1088 pagini
...people, we offer what we ourselves 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 God.' Thirdly, among the fifty-five delegates at the Convention were not only... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1882 - 532 pagini
...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 event is in the hand of God." 1 25. On the twenty-fifth, New Jersey, last of the seven states needed... | |
 | 1904 - 850 pagini
...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 event is in the hand of God." Thus did he strike the keynote of the Convention and brace it to its... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 pagini
...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 event is in the hand of God." f On the twenty-fifth, New Jersey, completing the seven states needed... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 pagini
...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 event is in the hand of God." f On the twenty-fifth, New Jersey, completing the seven states needed... | |
 | John Fiske - 1888 - 414 pagini
...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 event is in the hand of God." This outburst of noble eloquence carried conviction to every one, and... | |
 | 1889 - 1264 pagini
...people, we ofifer what we ourselves 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 God.' Thirdly, among the fifty-five delegates at the Convention •were not... | |
 | Peabody Education Fund - 1893 - 454 pagini
...as closing an immortal speech, in the Convention of 1 787, with these solemn words : " Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair ; the event is in the hands of God." i ".f . ••„ M moulding a legislation favorable to the education... | |
 | Moses King - 1892 - 938 pagini
...the north panel of the attic is this inscription, from Washington's inaugural address: "Let us Raise a Standard to which the Wise and the Honest can repair. The Event is in the Hands of God." On the opposite panel is this dedication: "To Commemorate the one-hundredth... | |
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