| George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not...blinded to her own interest, for our good she has ohstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it,... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...earnestness. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, md my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not...The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, Minded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within... | |
| John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...earnestness. ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not...grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is oars. Why, then, should we defer the declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...Webster. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But the^e 's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...our presumption on the scaffold." 7. It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these. " It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at...England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her interest, for our good she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...— SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity that shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest... | |
| John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
....1. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give ray hand and my heart to this vote. It is true indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there is a divinity which shapes our ends. . The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and. blinded... | |
| Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...that in the beginning we aimed not at in-" dependence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our end*. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her interest, for our gjood she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in thebeginning, we aimed not at independence. But there is a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of...driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest, tor ou* good she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 pages
..." Sink or swim,- live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and' my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning, we aimed not...but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why then shoirld we defer the declaration? Is any man so weak as now to hope for_a reconciliation with England,... | |
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