 But what will become of the West if her prosperity rushes up to such a majesty of power, while those great institutions linger which are necessary to form the mind and the conscience and the heart of that vast world. It must not be permitted. . . . Let...  A Plea for the West - Page 31by Lyman Beecher - 1835 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1836 - 208 pages
...institutions, they will never overtake us ; or only come up after the battle of liberty is fough't nnd lost, as spoils to grace the victory, and as resources...of the West. Our alliance of blood, and political institututions, and common interests, is such, that we cannot stand aloof in the hour of her calamity,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...pushed by millions of freemen on their fertile soil', will not withhold her corrupting abundance'. 3. And let no man at the East quiet himself, and dream...institutions, and common interests, is such, that we can not stand aloof in the hour of her calamity, should it ever come. Her1 destiny is our' destiny;... | |
 | Elocution - 1885 - 332 pages
...rare — untold, Stop at last in that blest city, and walk its streets of gold! THE EAST AND THE WEST. We must educate! we must educate! or we must perish...and political institutions, and common interests, are such that we cannot stand aloof in the hour of her calam'ty, should it ever come. Her destiny is... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1881 - 226 pages
...will not withhold her corrupting abundance. We must educate ! we must educate ! or we must per^ ish by our own prosperity. If we do not, short from the...institutions, and common interests, is such that we can not stand aloof in the hour of her calamity, should it ever come. Her destiny is our destiny ;... | |
 | English literature - 1890 - 632 pages
...prosperity rushes up to such a majesty of power, while those great institutions of learning and religion linger which are necessary to form the mind, and the...institutions, and common interests, is such that we can not stand aloof in the hour of her calamity, should it ever come. Her destiny is our destiny ;... | |
 | American Historical Association - Historiography - 1894 - 626 pages
...form the mind and the conscience and the heart of that vast world. It must not be permitted. * * * Let no man at the East quiet himself and dream of liberty, whatever may become of the West. * * * Her destiny is our destiny." * With the appeal to the conscience of New England, he adds appeals... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - Wisconsin - 1892 - 898 pages
...form the mind and the conscience, and the heart of that vast world. It must not be permitted * * * Let no man at the East quiet himself and dream of liberty, whatever may become of the West * * * Her destiny is our destiny. " ' With this appeal to the conscience of New England, he adds appeals... | |
 | John W. Iliff - Elocution - 1893 - 616 pages
...rare — untold, Stop at last in that blest city, and walk its streets of gold! THE EAST AND THE WEST. We must educate! we must educate! or we must perish...and political institutions, and common interests, are such that we cannot stand aloof in the hour of her calam'ly, should it ever come. Her destiny is... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 632 pages
...form the mind and the conscience and the heart of that vast world. It must not be permitted. * * * Let no man at the East quiet himself and dream of liberty, whatever may become of the West. * * • Her destiny is our destiny." • With the appeal to the conscience of New England, he adds... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1894 - 884 pages
...form the mind and the conscience, and the heart of that vast world. It must not be permitted * * * Let no man at the East quiet himself and dream of liberty, whatever may become of the West " * * Her destiny is our destiny." ' With this appeal to the conscience of New England, he adds appeals... | |
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