 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment: they should be the creed of our political faith ; the text of civil instruction; the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1850 - 670 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment; they should be the...touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust;—and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - United States - 1850 - 216 pages
...wisdom of our sagos, and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attain ment : — They should bo the creed of our political faith, the text of civic...touchstone, by which to try the services of those we trust j and should we wander from them in moment» of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps,... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment : they should be...of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." James Madison, equally pursuing... | |
 | William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the...of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. " I repair, then, fellow-citizens,... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 830 pages
...an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have l>een devoted to their attainment : they should be the creed...of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, nud safety. so much confidence only as may... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - United States - 1851 - 212 pages
...reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes have Been devoted to their attain ment : — They should be the creed of our political faith, the...those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moment* of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the ro«d, which alone... | |
 | John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment : they should be...faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1851 - 824 pages
...should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. I repair then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me. With experience enough in subordinate offices to... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1852 - 516 pages
...through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the...political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touch stone by which to try the service of those we trust and should we wander from them in moments... | |
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These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. 
