 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...  Politics and Science - Page 53by William Esslinger - 1955 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1802 - 440 pages
...had more than usual solemnity. His eye was fixed, and seemed to look into futurity. " It is (said he) too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conis to be sustained, If, to please the people, we offer what tre ourselves disapprove, how can we... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1900 - 342 pages
...would mean disaster to America, and Washington knew it. Rising from his President's chair, he said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...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... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1889 - 1088 pages
...figure drawn up to its full height, he exclaimed in tones unwontedly solemn with suppressed emotion, ' It is too probable that no plan -we propose will be...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 - New Hampshire - 1921 - 566 pages
...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."... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1882 - 532 pages
...midst of them, his countenance more than usually solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said: " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...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 - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...of them, his countenance more than usually solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...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... | |
 | New England - 1904 - 850 pages
...more than usual solemnity and grandeur, thus addressed them in tones of suppressed emotion : "It is probable that no plan we propose will be adopted....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 - United States - 1885 - 616 pages
...of them, his countenance more than usually solemn, his eye seeming to look into futurity, said : " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...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 - Recitations - 1899 - 266 pages
...organize, when success seemed hopeless, and despair suggested fatal compromise, Washington said, —" 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 wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hands of God."... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1887 - 994 pages
...sense of Washington brought the assemblage to the lofty plane of its duty and opportunity. He said, " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...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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