 While every day was bringing the people nearer to the conclusion which all thinking men saw to be inevitable from the beginning, it was wise in Mr. Lincoln to leave the shaping of his policy to events. In this country, where the rough and ready understanding...  Political essays - Stran 251avtor: James Russell Lowell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 strani
...rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime?—Byron. 3. In this country, where the rough and ready understanding...power, a profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.—Lowell. 4. However good you may be, you have faults; however dull you may be, you... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1897 - 1306 strani
...each and underscore the illustrative words. 5 Analyze by diagram or otherwise the following sentence: In this country where the rough and ready understanding...common sense is the best genius for statesmanship. 6 Parse (from the sentence in question 5) where, understanding, sure, be, pmver. 7 Give three uses... | |
 | New York (State). Civil Service Commission - 1898 - 1204 strani
...sentences in which the words are correctly used. 9. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the following sentence: In this country where the rough and ready understanding...common sense is the best genius for statesmanship. 10. Give the feminine of uncle, hero, widower, duke; the masculine of lass, witch, actress; the plural... | |
 | New York (State). Department of Civil Service - 1898 - 1166 strani
...sentences in which the words are correctly used. 9. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the following sentence: In this country where the rough and ready understanding...common sense is the best genius for statesmanship. 10. Give the feminine of uncle, hero, widower, duke; the masculine of lass, witch, actress; the plural... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 618 strani
...concessions; the country is unanimously resolved that the war shall be prosecuted, at whatever cost. . . . While every day was bringing the people nearer to...sure, at last, to be the controlling power, a profound common-sense is the best genius for statesmanship. Hitherto the wisdom of the President's measures... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 strani
...Declaration of Independence and the radical doctrines of Christianity, could not fail to sharpen his eyes. au While every day was bringing the people nearer to...Mr. Lincoln to leave the shaping of his policy to events.V In this country, where the rough and ready understanding of the people is sure at last to... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 122 strani
...to the conclusion which all thinking men saw to be ineV' liable from the beginning, it was wise jn Mr. Lincoln to leave the shaping of his policy to...sure at last to be the controlling power, a profound common-sense is the best genius for statesmanship. Hitherto the wisdom of the President's measures... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 474 strani
...plentifully supplied he said nothing. " In this country," says Lowell, " where the rough-and-ready understanding of the people is sure at last to be...common sense is the' best genius for statesmanship." It was part of Lincoln's common sense, when, as Emerson puts it, " the new pilot was hurried to the... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 strani
...plentifully supplied he said nothing. " In this country," says Lowell, " where the rough-and-ready understanding of the people is sure at last to be...common sense is the best genius for statesmanship." It was part of Lincoln's common sense, when, as Emerson puts it, " the new pilot was hurried to the... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 strani
...resolved that the war shall be prosecuted, at whatever CH. XXHI.] LOWELL ON LINCOLN 425 cost. . . . While every day was bringing the people nearer to...sure, at last, to be the controlling power, a profound common-sense is the best genius for statesmanship. Hitherto the wisdom of the President's measures... | |
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