 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...union, to see what might lic hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances tif preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him us a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1923 - 484 pages
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. . . . While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for... | |
 | Albert Mason Harris - 1924 - 458 pages
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Isobel Davidson - 1925 - 512 pages
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be preserved, but how tolerable the condition of the people when it shall be broken up and destroyed.... | |
 | Rudolf Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pages
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 706 pages
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor, in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pages
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it should be broken... | |
 | 1926 - 328 pages
...Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, 1 Closing words of Webster in his celebrated reply to... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 pages
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
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I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed... 
