 Some within these walls may before they die witness scenes more wonderful than these; and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of the day when America, almost shrinking 'from the shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon the...  Oregon Historical Quarterly - Page 203by Oregon Historical Society - 1922Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 768 pages
...scenes more wonderful than these ; 'and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the " shadows of coming events," first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the grandeur which awaited her. Let us march boldly... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 818 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these ; and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the " shadows of coming events," first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the grandeur which awaited her. Let us march boldly... | |
 | Joseph Schafer - Alaska - 1904 - 544 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these; and in after times may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the 'shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the greatness which awaited her." But the bill failed... | |
 | Frederick Jackson Turner - History - 1906 - 402 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these ; and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the ' shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the grandeur which awaited her." Tucker, of Virginia,... | |
 | Frederick Jackson Turner - Mississippi River Valley - 1906 - 428 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these ; and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the ' shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the grandeur which awaited her." Tucker, of Virginia,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1913 - 554 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these ; and in aftertimes may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the ' shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the grandeur which awaited her." Tucker, of Virginia,... | |
 | Seymour Dunbar - Frontier and pioneer life - 1915 - 438 pages
...said: "Some now within these walls. ... in after times may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the .shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the greatness which awaited her." Among the prominent... | |
 | Joseph Schafer - Northwest, Pacific - 1918 - 382 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these; and in after times may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the ' shadows of coming events,' first placed her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the greatness which awaited her." The practical man's... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1922 - 446 pages
...It was a purely constitutional question: a reciprocal 21 Op. cit., 407. 22 Op. cit., pp. 410, 411. obligation of protection was owed to the allegiance...interesting type of obstructionist unfortunately 23 Op. fit. supra, p. 418. 24 Op. cit., p. 422. not unknown in our history. He frankly grants the impossibility... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1905 - 492 pages
...witness scenes more wonderful than these; and in after times may cherish delightful recollections of this day, when America, almost shrinking from the 'shadows of coming events' first set her feet upon untrodden ground, scarcely daring to anticipate the greatness which awaited her."... | |
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