 | 1826 - 438 pages
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...in the beginning, we aimed not at Independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Eulogies - 1826 - 74 pages
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which .shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1826 - 426 pages
...of "76, who had urged his reasons, for dissenting from the Declaration of Independence.] ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of...driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but... | |
 | Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...wft know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...his accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give ray hand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed,...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | James Trecothick Austin - Biography & Autobiography - 1828 - 550 pages
...characteristic of one who was supposed to have declared in the ardour of debate on independence, "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to thig vote." was urged on the reluctant colonies with great effect, that their condition would be extremely... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my Land and my heart to this vote ! It is true, indeed, that, in thfe beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice... | |
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Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till Independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours.... 
