 | 1910 - 1076 pages
...light and glory : I can see that the end :» more than worth all the means, and that posterity wili triumph although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not'' And ttv.n enthusiasm ought to be in the heart* of th* mighty mass of men who keep holiday in the name... | |
 | United States - 1875 - 1750 pages
...toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend the States ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it!" Glorious old man I Could he stand to-day on the battle-fields of the Republic— the hallowed... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 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. Several of the volumes of the Weekly Register, are enriched by the correspondence of Mr.... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 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. PATRIOTISM A VIRTUE. JONATHAN MASON. Boston, March 5, 178o. " Devotion to the public. Glorious... | |
 | Isabella County (Mich.) - 1884 - 592 pages
...maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can seethe rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is...shall not." In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed я delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris,... | |
 | Governors - 1885 - 1246 pages
...cost to maintain 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...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,... | |
 | Henry Warren Rugg - Presidents - 1888 - 194 pages
...gloom I can see that the end is worth more than all the means, and that posterity will triumph, though you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." In December of 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed commissioner to the court of France in place of Silas Deane,... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...io 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,4 which I hope we shall not. XXIX. ABSALOM. BY NP WILLIS., THE waters slept. Night's silvery veil... | |
 | Green Lake County (Wis.) - 1890 - 902 pages
...deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows. games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms T.id money from the French Government. This was a severe trial to his patriotism, as it separated him... | |
 | Governors - 1891 - 892 pages
...deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows. games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...not." In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a ddegate to France, and to co-operate with Bemjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris,... | |
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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... 
