 | Literature - 1879 - 1036 pages
...the few, We hold like rights, and shall; — Equal on Sunday in the pew, On Monday in the Mall. For what avail the plow or sail, Or land, or life, if freedom fail ? • * * » " The sea returning, day by day, Restores the world-wide mart; So let each dweller on the Bay Fold Boston... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1908 - 864 pages
...growth of this country Jn population and In material wealth has made it the marvel of the ages. " Hut what avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, If freedom fail?" The government and the destinies of a great people should always be kept In their own bauds. Mr. President,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Artists - 1887 - 632 pages
...show how perfect was his success in saying what he had to say. "He builded better than he knew." " For what avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?" "The self-same power that brought me there, brought you." "If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - History - 1902 - 886 pages
...ever before in its history, modern, biblical, hieroglyphic or legendary, scarcely admits of dispute. Schools, roads, irrigation, law and order, and protection...attack, she has them all ; ' ' But what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail ?" The capacity for self-government is not acquired... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - Education - 1898 - 1156 pages
...people can produce no enduring arts, and soon becomes the slave of Greek or Roman. Emerson truly wrote : What avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail ? Witness the Greek, Roman, and Florentine civilization ; remember that Pericles, Caesar, and Dante... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1898 - 1154 pages
...people can produce no enduring arts, and soon becomes the slave of Greek or Roman. Emerson truly wrote : What avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail ? the history of a people when the cannon is the best and most effective teacher ? You step upon the stage... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1902 - 612 pages
...before in its history — modern, biblical, hieroglyphic or legendary — scarcely admits of dispute. Schools, roads, irrigation, law and order, and protection...she has them all; — "But what avail the plow or rail, Or land or life, If freedom falir The capacity for self-government is not acquired in that school.... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - Great Britain - 1902 - 418 pages
...before in its history — modern, biblical, hieroglyphic or legendary — scarcely admits of dispute. Schools, roads, irrigation, law and order, and protection...attack, she has them all ; — " But what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail ? " The capacity for self-government is not acquired... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - History - 1902 - 920 pages
...ever before in its history, modern, biblical, hiero<;lyphic or legendary, scarcely admits of dispute. Schools, roads, irrigation, law and order, and protection...from attack, she has them all ; " But what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail ?" The capacity for self-government is not acquired... | |
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But what avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? 
