 | William Henry Seward - Legislators - 1856 - 418 pages
...Declaration, and support and defend these States : yet through all the gloom, I can see that the end is worth all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." From this time, until November 1777, John Adams was incessantly employed in public duties in Congress,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...this Declaration, and support and defend the^e States ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...you and I may rue, — which, I hope, we shall not." JOHN SERGEANT. " CLXXVIII. — THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS AMONG THEMSELVES. 1. HOPING to reach the... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Abolitionists - 1857 - 348 pages
...t!i3 gloom, I ca.i Gee Ihe rays of light and glory. — I can see that the end is wovth more tlian all the means ; and that posterity will triumph although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. — Letter, Philadelphia, July 5th, 1776. Great is Truth — <;reat is Liberty — great is Humanity;... | |
 | William Allen - History - 1857 - 930 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." Mr. Silas Deanc, commissioner with Franklin and A. Lee at the French court, having been recalled. Mr.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 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...you and I may rue, — which, I hope, we shall not." By a felicitous coincidence, Adams and Jefferson died on the 4th of July, 1826, the anniversary of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 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...you and I may rue, — which, I hope, we shall not." JOHN SERGEANT. CLXXVIII. — THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS AM03TQ THEMSELVES. 1. HOPRJO to reach the camp... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...defend these States ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rnys of light and glory. I can sec that the end is worth more than all the means ; and...you and I may rue, — which, I hope, we shall not." By a felicitous coincidence, Adorns and Jefferson died on the 4th of July, 1826, the anniversary of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 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." ROBEET TREAT PAINE, A signer of the Declaration of Independence,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 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...you and I may rue, — which, I hope, we shall not." JOHN SERGEAST. CLXXVm. — THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS AMONG THEMSELVES. 1. HOPING to reach the camp... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States ; yet, through all the 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." A few weeks before this, early in March, Washington... | |
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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... 
