 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 694 pages
...long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...that which gave promise that, in due time, the weight should be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 698 pages
...long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...that which gave promise that, in due time, the weight should be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight... | |
 | Literature - 1927 - 976 pages
...Independence. . . . It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time, which gave promise that in due time the weights would be... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - United States - 1871 - 276 pages
...long together It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother laud, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...time, the weight would be lifted from the shoulders ot all men. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, Now, my friends, can... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 878 pages
...long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...not alone to the people of this country, but I hope t<> the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise, that, in due time, the weight would... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 821 pages
...long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country p, but I hope to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise^ that, in due time,... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1872 - 578 pages
...The declaration of independence gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope for the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in our time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...something in the Declaration of Independence, giving liberty, not only to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that, in due time, the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. *... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
..."That Declaration of Independence gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope for the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in our time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal... | |
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I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which... 
