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" You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing... "
Scribners Monthly - Page 293
1876
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 4

James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 486 pages
...letter to his wife, " of the toil, blood, and treasure it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means ; and that posterity...
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A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And ..., Volume 1

L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration and support and defend these states; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means, and that posterity will triumph,...
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"Liberty."

Julius Rubens Ames - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 160 pages
...well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. — I can see that the end is worth more than all the means ; and that posterity will...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1839 - 524 pages
...well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can sec the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than .ill the means ; and that...
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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, Volume 1

John Adams - Presidents' spouses - 1841 - 334 pages
...aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all...ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even although...
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The True American: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together ..., Volume 2

Joseph Coe - Presidents - 1841 - 416 pages
...am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of future light and glory." In December, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed commissioner to France ; but the...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 31

Theology - 1842 - 432 pages
...aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all...ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even although...
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The New-York Review, Volume 10

1842 - 544 pages
...well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost to maintain the declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the...ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in this day's transaction, even though...
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The New Englander, Volume 18

Criticism - 1860 - 1172 pages
...aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and to support and defend these states. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory ; that the end is worth all the means ; that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction,...
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The Legion of Liberty!: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words ...

Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. — I can see that the end is worth more than all the means ; and that posterity will...
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