| Thomas Jefferson, Noble E. Cunningham - 2001 - 132 páginas
...sincere consciousness, thit the task ii »hove ray ulenii, and thai I approach it with those anxiou* and awful presentiments, which the greatness of the charge, and the weakness of my powen, -so juitly in«pire. A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful l«nd.... traversing all... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 2003 - 276 páginas
...they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious...advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye—when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness, and the hopes... | |
| Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...others, and should divide opinions as to measures of safety- But "The task is above my talents, and I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments...and the weakness of my powers so justly inspire." every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren... | |
| Stephen Howard Browne - 2003 - 180 páginas
...America. Hence on the theme of imperial expansion: Jefferson's America is "a rising nation, spread out over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies... | |
| Michael Cody - 2004 - 220 páginas
...close the political breach caused by his ascent to the presidency. The speech was a call for unity in "[a] rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye" (290). Stability on "this distant and peaceful shore" was his primary concern (291). Reason, not the... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 178 páginas
...they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious...charge and the weakness of my powers so justly inspire. When we assemble together to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are first... | |
| Ian W Toll - 2006 - 614 páginas
...in phrases that managed simultaneously to seduce and command. The United States, Jefferson said, was "a rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye." Self-government, as practiced in America, was "the world's best hope" — and self-government had been... | |
| George Anastaplo - 2007 - 346 páginas
...they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious...the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my power so justly inspire. A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the... | |
| Unesco - 1888 - 462 páginas
...capitol. His inaugural address " remains a model of its kind." [" Full of hope and confidence, he pictured a rising nation spread over a wide and fruitful land,...rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye." " I believe this," he said, " to be the strongest government on earth. I believe it is the only one... | |
| Frederick Hiram Clark - 1888 - 470 páginas
...capitol. His inaugural address "remains a model of its kind." [" Full of hope and confidence, he pictured a rising nation spread over a wide and fruitful land,...their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who fee" power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye." " I believe... | |
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