| 1854 - 576 pages
...us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, aa our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ?... | |
| William Hickey - 1854 - 590 pages
...shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice... | |
| Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ?... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...he asks us, " why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1854 - 492 pages
...shall counsel. " Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 554 pages
...forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?"... | |
| Henry Clay Watson - 1854 - 1012 pages
...forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 pages
...us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war as our interests, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice... | |
| Furman Sheppard - 1855 - 337 pages
...shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour, or caprice... | |
| One of 'em - 1855 - 330 pages
...shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ? It is our... | |
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