 The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest; there is no retreat but in submission and...  Harper's First [-sixth] Reader - Page 95edited by - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, air, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire k, it is now too late to retire from the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...over the destinies of nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant,...retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election.'1 If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant,...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. 100 If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it i» to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election.1* If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | United States - 1834 - 426 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant,...retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come!!... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1834 - 188 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends, to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant,...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. Even if we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest.' In this example... | |
 | Aesthetics - 1834 - 428 pages
...America." On the occasion of the battle of Lexington, he said in the Virginia house of Burgesses : — " There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heatd on Ihe plains of Boston.— The war is inevitable — and let it... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the aotive, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election.'1 .If we were base enough to desire it, it is... | |
 | Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 550 pages
...over the destinies of nations, and who wfll raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant,...retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it... | |
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