 | 1863 - 538 pages
...rays of ravish, ing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means ; and that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction,...appropriate subject of inquiry, on the recurrence of the Anniversary, how far the hopeful auguries, with which our Independence was declared. have been fulfilled.... | |
 | Bibliography - 1842 - 576 pages
...more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in this day's transaction, even though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not." — Vol. i., p. 128. And here, at this great incident of Mr. Adams's life, at this great event in the... | |
 | John Stetson Barry - Massachusetts - 1857 - 488 pages
...UNANIMITY WITH DIFFICULTY SECURED. CHAP. terity will trinmph in that day's transactions, even although ^^_ we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not." 1 1776. It should be observed, in passing, that unanimity was not secured without great exertions on... | |
 | Edward Everett - Fourth of July orations - 1860 - 38 pages
...bo commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games,...appropriate subject of inquiry, on the recurrence of the anniversary, how far the hopeful auguries with which our independence was declared have been fulfilled.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1860 - 894 pages
...will triumph in thnt day's transaction, even although we should rue it, — which I trust in God wo shall not." The time, which has elapsed since the...significant, — the changes in our condition at home and pur relations abroad are so vast, as to make it a natural and highly appropriate subject of inquiry,... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1860 - 488 pages
...worth all the means; that pos- 1776. terity will triumph in that day's transaction, even 2-4. though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not." CHAPTER LXX, THE DECLAKATIOK OF THE UNITED STATES. JULY 2-4, 1776. CHAP THE resolution of congress... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...worth all the means; that pos- 1776. terity will triumph in that day's transaction, even 2. though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not," CHAPTER LXX. THE DECLARATION OF THE UNITED STATES. JULY 2-4, 1776. CHAP. THE resolution of congress... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1871 - 538 pages
...the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction,...should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not." The reference in this letter to the 2d of July, is to the true decision upon independence involved in the... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1873 - 522 pages
...the end is worth all the means ; that posterity will triumph in this day's transaction, even though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not. By this language, gushing warm from the profoundly moved soul of its author, we are enabled to apprehend... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1875 - 140 pages
...the end is worth all the means ; that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not." [The Editor reluctantly closes his extracts from Miss Dudley's Diary at this point. It would be interesting... | |
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I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than... 
