 | United States. Department of State - 1867 - 964 pages
...the hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, he said: " I have often inquired what great principle or idea it was that kept this...matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence, which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 796 pages
...soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principio or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long...matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 796 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle...matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 694 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence. I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave Liberty, not alone to... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 698 pages
...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence. I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave Liberty, not alone to... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - United States - 1871 - 276 pages
...and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what gieat principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy...of the separation of the colonies from the mother laud, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 1956 pages
...that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept the Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere...the separation of the Colonies from the mother land, hut that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 538 pages
...raised the American flag over Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, on Washington's birthday, he said, " I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...it was that kept this confederacy so long together ; " he was alluding to the revolution. <; It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 542 pages
...raised the American flag over Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, on Washington's birthday, he said, " I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...it was that kept this confederacy so long together ; " he was alluding to the revolution. '•'• It was not the mere matter of the separation of the... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...Independence, and upon the toils endured by the officers and soldiers who achieved it, be added : " I have often inquired of myself what great principle...matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to... | |
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I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which... 
