 | A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
..."broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom. the depth of the...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should be preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall be broken up and destroyed,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him is a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whoso thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should be preserved, but, how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall be broken up and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 468 pages
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should bo best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken up... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1867 - 374 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below." — Webster. " When the soul, resting as it were under the willows of exile, breathes out its longing... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should be preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall tte broken up and... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...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 shall be broken... | |
 | John B. Ellis - 1869 - 548 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but hovf tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it should be broken... | |
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I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below... 
