 | Daniel Walker Howe - 2007 - 926 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it.88 These sad words have often been quoted out of context. Jefferson wrote... | |
 | Lorri Glover - 2007 - 276 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons."" The post-revolutionary generation assumed the mantle of leadership as national political struggles... | |
 | Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 pages
...am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776 ... is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. ... I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my... | |
 | Erik S. Root - 2008 - 268 pages
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1 776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country is to be thrown away by the unwise and the unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep... | |
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I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that... 
