| A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...our judgements. Is it the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty f Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having...ears.. hear not, the things which so nearly concern our temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...remonstrated— we have supplicated — we to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Was this, he asked, the part of wise men, engaged in a...those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored ¡u interposition, to arrest the tyrannical... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth; and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this," he asked,...temporal salvation? For his part, whatever anguish «f spirit it might cost, he was willing to know the .whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having...which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged ia a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having...which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...us into beasts. Is it the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having...so nearly concern. ; their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish"* of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, and to provide... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...it the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to he of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not,...which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, and to provide... | |
| Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...our judgments. Is it the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty I Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having...eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not the. things whicli so nearly concern our temporal salvation f For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and havears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern our temporal salvation? For my part, whatever... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having...which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the... | |
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