 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 páginas
...Hall, George Walton. 41. PATRIOTIC SPEECH ON THE QUESTION OP WAR. WITH ENGLAND. — Patrick Henry. 1. Mr. President: — It is natural for man to indulge...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 páginas
...WAR wrrh ENGLAND. — Patrick Henry. 1. Mr. President: — It is natural for man to indulge in tie illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 páginas
...and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. 2. Mr. President, it is natural for man to indulge in...to the song of that siren, till she transforms us intfi beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1847 - 356 páginas
...will best convey a correct idea of his feelings and emotions, deeply felt and strongly told : — " Mr. President, It is natural for man to indulge in...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...X. Speech in favour of the War of the Revolution, — PATRFCK HENRY. MR. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 páginas
...will best convey a correct idea of his feelings and emotions, deeply felt find strongly told : — " Mr. President. It is natural for man to indulge in...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...disloyalty towards the Majesty ' of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Sir, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transform us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and ardent struggle for... | |
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - 1848 - 550 páginas
...loud talk that there is now, about separation ; that it will wear away once more, as it did then. " It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope ; we are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth, and to listen to the voice of that syren, till she has transformed us into beasts,"... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...enormous and preposterous principles. • ON BRITISH MEASURES. CHATHAM. MR. PRESIDENT, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
 | William Wirt - 1850 - 314 páginas
...Majesty of heaven, which he revered above all earthly kings. "Mr. President," said he, "it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...truth — and listen to the song of that siren, till sho transforms us into beasts. Is this," he asked, "the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
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We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those. 
