 Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; — it is weak ; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But if you do so, you must carry through your work ! You must extinguish,...  Statesmen - Page 54by Noah Brooks - 1893 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1858 - 666 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, iu their discretion, shall see tit ! "'Sir, you may destroy this little Institution; it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land !... | |
 | Criticism - 1853 - 666 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see till '"Sir, you may destroy this little Institution ; it...put it out. But if you do so, you must carry through yo'ir work ! You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more... | |
 | Rufus Choate - Eulogies - 1853 - 112 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit ! " ' Sir, you may destroy this little Institution ; it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land! "... | |
 | Rufus Choate - Statesmen - 1853 - 116 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit! "' Sir, you may destroy this little Institution; it is...weak; it is in your hands! I know it is one of the 4 lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But if you do so, you must... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - Legislators - 1854 - 510 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit? " 'Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science, 'which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - Electronic books - 1854 - 550 pages
...its original use and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretions, shall see fit?' Sir, you may destroy this little institution : it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which for more than a century have thrown their radiance over our land ! It... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - Biography & Autobiography - 1854 - 526 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit? " 'Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science, which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land !... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - Judges - 1854 - 554 pages
...their discretions, shall see fit?' Sir, you may destroy this little institution : it is weak : it ia in your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which for more than a century have throwu their radiance over our land ! It... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - Education - 1860 - 352 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit ? Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak ; it is in your hands II know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out.... | |
 | Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - Lawyers - 1862 - 600 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit! " ' Sir, you may destroy this little Institution ; it...You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land! "'... | |
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