 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
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 páginas
...only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral 15. 249. and political, once conceived and held up to the angry...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... | |
 | Carrie Westlake Whitney - 1908 - 716 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,...conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, never will be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." Twice the house,... | |
 | Horace White - 1913 - 516 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. Nearly all of the emancipationists, during the decade... | |
 | Emma Langdon Roche - 1914 - 198 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... | |
 | Daniel Wait Howe - 1914 - 696 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. " • In the early stages of the controversy the opponents... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 612 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." — Ford's ed. of Jefferson's Writings, vol. x., p.... | |
 | James Zachariah George, William Hayne Leavell - 1915 - 386 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... | |
 | James Zachariah George, William Hayne Leavell - 1915 - 388 páginas
...line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political," which, Mr. Jefferson thought, when "once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." 8 That great statesman regarded such a line of division... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 páginas
...marked principle, moral and political, once > Anton D. Morse in Political Science Quarterly. I. 158. conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will make it deeper and deeper."2 Although the tariff was the ostensible reason for... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - 1916 - 474 páginas
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. — 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."7 i Cited by Elliott, pp. 234-235, note. CHAPTER 40... | |
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