 | 1922 - 576 pages
...produce, would be without a parallel in the history of mankind. "It remains," he said, "for a free State to create a new era in history, and to erect...than has hitherto been achieved by the human race." In that, as the event showed, there was no exaggera tion; and such was the contagious power of Clinton's... | |
 | New York State Historical Association - 1926 - 436 pages
...in large measure prophetically although somewhat extravagantly when he said, "It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect...than has hitherto been achieved by the human race." NOBLE E. WHITFORD, AB FORT BREWERTON1 Brewerton is very pleasantly situated at the outlet of Oneida... | |
 | 1926 - 440 pages
...in large measure prophetically although somewhat extravagantly when he said, "It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect...than has hitherto been achieved by the human race." NOBLE E. WHITFORD, AB Brewerton is very pleasantly situated at the outlet of Oneida Lake and has a... | |
 | New York Chamber of Commerce - 1876 - 516 pages
...remains for a free State to create an era in history, and to erect a work more stupendous and important, and more beneficial than has hitherto been achieved by the human race." It mum be reserved for some future occasion, perhaps for the national Centennial, now so near at hand,... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - 1994 - 304 pages
...Spiritual Self in Everyday Life (\toston, 1989), 81,83, 60 saying that "character is as important to states as to individuals, and the glory of a republic founded...the general good, is the common property of all its citizens."3 Catharine Beecher, the eldest daughter of the Reverend Lyman Beecher, published her own... | |
 | James D. Dilts - 1996 - 594 pages
...European canals, Clinton said, had been planned or built by monarchies, but "It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect...the general good, is the common property of all its citizens."22 Construction started July 4, 1817, a date that set a precedent for future groundbreakings... | |
 | John Lauritz Larson - 2001 - 348 pages
...factional intrigue, Clinton touched the challenge of American republicanism: "It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect...beneficial, than has hitherto been achieved by the human race."8 Enemies abounded to Clinton's ambition. Tammany's urban artisans and Martin Van Buren's so-called... | |
 | Carl Edward Skeen - 2003 - 340 pages
...and Western sections of the country. In completing this project, he asserted, the legislature would "erect a work more stupendous, more magnificent, and...beneficial, than has hitherto been achieved by the human race."32 Clinton also wrote three letters as "Atticus" in support of the canal. In the first, he argued... | |
 | John Hampden Dougherty - 2004 - 408 pages
...consequences which it will produce, is without a parallel in the history of mankind. It remains for a free State to create a new era in history, and to erect a work more stupendous, more magnificent and mare beneficial than has been achieved by the human race." Alexander, **A Political History of New... | |
 | Peter L. Bernstein - 2005 - 472 pages
...national abundance, will be as extensive as our country and as durable as time. ... It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect...beneficial than has hitherto been achieved by the human race."37 CHAPTER 1O THE SHOWER OF GOLD Construction on the Erie Canal began on the Fourth of July 1817,... | |
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It remains for a free state to create a new era in history, and to erect a work more stupendous, more magnificent, and more beneficial than has hitherto been achieved by the human race. 
