 I am nevertheless firm in my conviction that while it is a grievous thing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the onward march of civilization, and strenuous and worthy rivals...  A Short History of the United States - Page 767by John Spencer Bassett - 1913 - 885 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 634 pages
...competitors in the onward march of civilization, and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. We conclude this section with... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 632 pages
...competitors in the onward march of civilization, and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. We conclude this section -with... | |
 | Jennings Cropper Wise - Imperialism - 1915 - 378 pages
...war between Great Britain and the United States, much as it was to be deplored, was not comparable to "a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honour." "In other words," observes Mr. Beard, "we were to decide the dispute ourselves and go to war... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs - 1916 - 1238 pages
...America demanded action on the part of P: dent Cleveland, who wrote: There is no calamity which a groat nation can invite which equals that which follows...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. European nations rely upon... | |
 | Elihu Root - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1917 - 334 pages
...noble words of President Cleveland, when, in writing upon the same Venezuelan question, he said: " There is no calamity which a great nation can invite...and injustice and the consequent loss of national respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness." Then in... | |
 | Jessica Minerva Smith - 1918 - 226 pages
...Rel. of the United States. 1895, pp. 564-567; Accts and Papers. 1896. XCVII. (cd 7926). pp. 22-26/ nation can invite which equals that which follows...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended a peoples safety and greatness."^ To say that this belligerent... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1918 - 718 pages
...acknowledge a horror of a conflict between Great Britain and the United States but instantly adds, " there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice." ' He prevented the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 on the ground that an officer of the United States... | |
 | United States - 1919 - 716 pages
...alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow." Yet "there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. " Perhaps no American document... | |
 | United States - 1919 - 356 pages
...alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow." Yet "there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness." Perhaps no American document... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - Literary Criticism - 1919 - 356 pages
...alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow." Yet "there is no calamity which a great nation can invite...consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. " Perhaps no American document... | |
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