 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to...their great authority, fairly considered and weighed, can not stand; and most surely not in a case whereof we ourselves declare they understood the question... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...and policy of our fathers in any case, we should do BO upon evidence so conelusive, and argument so clear, that even their great authority, fairly considered... | |
 | Political parties - 1860 - 268 pages
...guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers in auy ca~e, we should do so upon evidence so conclusive, aud argument so clear, that even their great... | |
 | Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow l:ii|)'i..-.: ly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers iu atiy c;ic, we should do so upon evidence so conclusive, and argument so clear, that even their great... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 270 pages
...guard a little against being mis«nderatood, I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...of current experience — to reject .all progress — alt improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 292 pages
...guard a little against being misanderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to...all the lights of current experience — to reject ail progress— all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 268 pages
...do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would he to discard all the lights of current experience — to reject all progress — all improvement. What 1 do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers in any case, we should... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 266 pages
...guard a little against being misjnderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to discard all the lights ot current experience — to reject all progress — all improvement. What I do »ay is, that if we... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to discard all the lights of current experience — we reject all progress — all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so, would be to discard all the lights of current experience — we reject all progress — all improvement. What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions... | |
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Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to discard all the lights of current experience —to reject all progress — all improvement. 
