 | 1920 - 1020 pages
...institution of State governments where freedom would be secure forever. "I doubt," said Daniel Webster, "whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." The great Northwest Territory was to become the mother of many mighty States, all free, all guaranteed... | |
 | Edgar George Doudna - Wisconsin - 1920 - 196 pages
...Daniel Webster said, "I doubt whether one single law of any STAND ROCK, AT DALLES OF THE WISCONSIN law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." Some of the important provisions of this document are these : Public Schools. — "Schools and the... | |
 | Howard Allen Bridgman - Migration, Internal - 1920 - 458 pages
...summed up his judgment of the Ordinance in this illuminating sentence: "I doubt whether one single lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." In behalf of the Ohio Company of Associates, formed in Boston, March 1, 1786, and composed largely... | |
 | Anderson Galleries, Inc - Art - 1921 - 772 pages
...CHARTA of those great States. Of this important document Daniel Webster remarked: "We are accustomed to praise the law-givers of antiquity; we help to...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." THE ONLY COPIES CITED IN THE CHUKCH CATALOGUE ARE IN PERMANENT LIBRARIES, viz: Lenox (2); New York... | |
 | Anderson Galleries, Inc - Art - 1921 - 828 pages
...CHABTA of those great States. Of this important document Daniel Webster remarked: "We are accustomed to praise the law-givers of antiquity; we help to...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. ' ' THE ONLY COPIES CITED IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE ARE IN PERMANENT LIBRARIES, viz: Lenox (2); New York... | |
 | Max Farrand - Constitutional history - 1921 - 330 pages
...hardly overstated by Webster in his famous debate with Hayne when he said: "We are accustomed . . . to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." While improved means of communication and many other material ties have served to hold the States of... | |
 | Max Farrand - United States - 1921 - 316 pages
...hardly overstated by Webster in his famous debate with Hayne when he said: "We are accustomed . . . to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I dflii^t wkpther one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct,... | |
 | Edwin Emery Slosson - Education - 1921 - 370 pages
...of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. — Ordinance of 1787. I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. — Daniel Webster. As each... | |
 | Max Farrand - History - 1921 - 274 pages
...hardly overstated by Webster in his famous debate wilth Hayne when he said: "We are accustomed . | . .to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurjsrus; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects... | |
 | Benjamin F. Prince - Clark County (Ohio) - 1922 - 600 pages
...statesmen, Daniel Webster saying: "We are accustomed to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we hope to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus, but...law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinctly marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. We see its consequences at this... | |
| |
I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. 
