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" ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican... "
The National Political Manual - Page 74
by Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 418 pages
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The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises ...

Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...purpose. In its sublime and ultimate end it has a mission to humanity. In the language of Washington, " The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and...deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people." Thus, as Madison has truly said, are we "responsible...
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Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, Volume 1

George Washington Parke Custis - Generals - 1860 - 670 pages
...advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous people, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity ; since we ought to...smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disaetions drew erowds of pilgrims to his tomb. The establishment of Mount Vernon was kept up to its...
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Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, Volume 1

George Washington Parke Custis - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 756 pages
...and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity ; since we otij;ht to he no less penur.dod that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disactions drew crowds of pilgrims to his tomb. The establishment of Mount Vernon was kept up to its...
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Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "founders of the Republic" on ...

Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1861 - 514 pages
...genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity aud felicity ; since we ought to be no less persuaded...since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, aud the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as...
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Celebrating Ethnicity and Nation: American Festive Culture from the ...

Jürgen Heideking, Geneviève Fabre, Kai Dreisbach - Ethnicity - 2001 - 324 pages
...Virtue and happiness went hand in hand with duties and benefits, honest politics and public prosperity, since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious...republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people....
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Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of ...

Thomas G. West - History - 1997 - 244 pages
...advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to...rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.53 Third, state and local governments continued to enforce those parts of the common law,...
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Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C., Part 3

Jeffrey F. Meyer - Religion - 2001 - 382 pages
...aware of the "party animosities" already appearing. He therefore added, in his first inaugural address, that "the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be...order and right which Heaven itself has ordained." The success of the nation so auspiciously founded would in the end be "staked on the experiment intrusted...
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Principle and Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt

Herbert E. Sloan - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 396 pages
...neglecting this sound advice were emphasized as well: Divine displeasure might be incurred, since the "smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation...rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained."38 Washington was not the only one to remind Congress of its duties, sacred or otherwise,...
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Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of ...

Pieter van Wesemael - Architecture - 2001 - 856 pages
...appeared on the Home Furnishing Building,3" and on the base of the George Washington statue was inscribed: The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and...republican model of government are justly considered as staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.'312 The exhibition was even...
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What Your Child Needs to Know When: According to the Bible/According to the ...

Robin Sampson - Education - 2009 - 316 pages
...Him." —Charles Malik, at the dedication of the Billy Graham Center inWheaton, lllinois "We believe that 'the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation which disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained.'" — George...
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