 We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion of general knowledge and good and virtuous sentiments,...  Lecture on Public Instruction in Prussia - Page 140by George Stillman Hillard - 1836 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 586 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavor to give a safe and proper direction to that public will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | James Gordon Carter - Education - 1824 - 150 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavour to give a safe and proper direction to that publick will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavour to give a safe and proper direction to that public 'will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavour to give a safe and proper direction to that public will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavor to give a safe and proper direction to the public will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | Law - 1834 - 614 pages
...will, that we may preserve it, we endeavour to give a safe and proper direction to that public will. We do not indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 620 pages
...will, that we may preserve t, we endeavor to give a sale and proper direction to that public wi!!. Wo do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently (msi, and our expectation of tiii- duration of goverument rests on that trust, that, by the dif:usion... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1835 - 1166 pages
...will, that. we may preserve it, we endeavour to give a sale and proper direction to that public will. We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen; but we conlidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust,... | |
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