 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 strani
...read Thucidydes/ and have studied and admired the master-spirits of the world,) I say I must declare, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under sucli a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation nor body of men, can stand in preference... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1834 - 386 strani
...myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and history has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have...reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." The address... | |
 | 1834 - 404 strani
...that in all my reading and observation—and it has been my favorite study—(I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired the master states of...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... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 336 strani
...the American Congress of '76. "For myself," said the elder Pitt, "I must declare and avow — (and I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired...reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia." And yet... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 340 strani
...to the American Congress of '76. " For myself," said the elder Pitt, "I must declare and avow—(and 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, no nation or... | |
 | 1836 - 550 strani
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
 | 1836 - 552 strani
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 strani
...that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master-spirits of the world ; but that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress." The first session continued eight weeks,... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1838 - 568 strani
...study — for he had " read Thucydides, and had studied and admired the master "states of the world — for solidity of reasoning, force of saga"city, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of "circumstances, no nation or body of men could stand in "preference to the General... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 strani
..."that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master spirits of the world — but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this congress." Mr. Adams, for whom his friends felt so... | |
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I must declare and avow, that in all my reading 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 solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom... 
