 | 1830 - 622 pages
...' defend these states ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray ' of light and glory. I can sec that the end is worth more than all ' the means ;...and that posterity will triumph, although you and I 1 may rue — which I hope we shall not.' It is agreeable to look back and recognise that the only... | |
 | Political science - 1816 - 728 pages
...thro' all tlit gloom, I con see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope \ve shall not. I am, Sac. JOHN ADAMS. COMPENSATION BILL. The act changing the mode of compensation... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...and defend these States : yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can sae that the end is worth more than all the means . and...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, wbich I hope we shall not. •• The day is passed. The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epocha... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. JOHN ADAMS. MBS. ADAMS. The following letter was not intended fur publication, but we cannot resist... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...rays of light and glory; I pn see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity j •will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. JOHN ADAMS. MBS. ADAMS. reasons which will be obvious to the reader — to record the document in our... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 806 pages
...this declaration, and support and defend these States ; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it, which I hope we shall not " Now it was precisely by this noble disdain of the present and the visible,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...maintain this declaration, to support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means.' Nor was it the rash adventure of uneasy spirits, who had every thing to gain and nothing to risk by... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 436 pages
...this declaration, ami support and defend these States j yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it, which I hope we shall not." Now it was precisely by this noble disdain of the present and the visible,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...defend these states; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory — I can все, that the end is worth more than all the means, and...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. I am.&c. «JOHN ADAMS." NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THEOLOGY AND GENERAL LITERATURE. Lectures on History and... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States ; yet through all the gloom I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...all the means : and that posterity will triumph." Yes, fellow citizens, it is owing to the wisdom and firmness of men like these, that "reason, faith,... | |
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You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light... 
