 But this momentous question, like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line,...  The Quarterly Review - Página 2501862Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Jonathan Halperin Earle - 2000 - 148 páginas
...Jefferson, in retirement at Monticello, was distraught by the Missouri Compromise: "a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...angry passions of men, will never be obliterated," he wrote. The dispute over Missouri, "like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - 376 páginas
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | Darrel Abel - 2002 - 538 páginas
...Jefferson truly saw that the Missouri Compromise marked the end of national unity: "A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...angry passions of men, will never be obliterated." As the southern states acted together in pushing their system into new states and territories, there... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 2003 - 766 páginas
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | John C. Waugh - 2003 - 236 páginas
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a single sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." He said, "we have the wolf by the ears, and we can... | |
 | Thomas Fleming - 2004 - 280 páginas
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a... | |
 | Charles Pierce Roland - 2004 - 348 páginas
...and he explained, "A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." He went so far as to hint at the possibility that the... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 páginas
...terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the union. ... A geographical line, co-inciding widi a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived,...will never be obliterated; and every irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious trudi, that diere is not a man on earth who would... | |
 | William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 páginas
...Union," but not yet "a final sentence." Then he quoted Jefferson: A geographical line, co-inciding [sic] with a marked principle, moral and political, once...will never be obliterated; and every irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man on earth who would... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2005 - 148 páginas
...hushed indeed for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say with conscious truth that there is not a man... | |
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