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
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 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... | |
| Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 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!... | |
| Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 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,...retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston!... | |
| Alan Axelrod - History - 2000 - 426 pages
...speak: Fightin' Words The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Assembly of Virgin ia. There is no 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!... | |
| Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...over the destinies of nations; and who will raise 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!... | |
| Curtis Hutson - Political Science - 2000 - 264 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. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat... | |
| Stephen Feinstein - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 116 pages
...cause of liberty. Surely we are invincible against any force our enemy can send against us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. It is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we now have no choice. It is too late to back down. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!... | |
| Robin Sampson - Education - 2009 - 316 pages
...fight alone. God presides over the destinies of nations, and will raise up friends for us. The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it... | |
| Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 228 pages
...Henry fell down on one knee and crossed his wrists as if they were chained together before going on. There is no 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!... | |
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