| Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 Seiten
...and observation, and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress... | |
| Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 412 Seiten
...read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world), I say I must declare, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity,...wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, nor body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 Seiten
...favorite study : I have read Thucydides, and meditated the rise of the master states of the world — for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no body of men can stand before the national Congress of Philadelphia." Those... | |
| Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 Seiten
...subtlety of argument — nor was he, like Townshend, forever on the rock of exertion." — Robertson. " For solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication ofdifiiculties, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia."... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 Seiten
...has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at... | |
| David Paul Brown - 1856 - 604 Seiten
...read Thucydidcs, and have studied and admired the master States of the world ;) I say I must declare, that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity,...wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...favorite study : I have read Thucyd ides, and meditated the rise of the master states of the world — for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no body of men can stand before the national Congress of Philadelphia." Those... | |
| David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 Seiten
...has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force...wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...study,—I have read + Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world—that, for solidity of reasoning, force of + sagacity, and...wisdom of conclusion, under such a '''complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress... | |
| William Massey - 1858 - 500 Seiten
...and observation — and it has been my favourite study — I have read Thucydides, I have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for...wisdom of conclusion under such a complication of difficult cirumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at... | |
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