 Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference...  The Eclectic Review - Page 379edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | 1868 - 858 pages
...of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.' When war between the mother-country and the colonies became inevitable, Lee was placed on the committees... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1870 - 780 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia." At the same time, in general literature and arts, America, so far from obtaining the commendation of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 460 pages
...reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusions, under such a complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the Congress at Philadelphia." It was in a congress composed of such men that Washington distinguished... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1871 - 466 pages
...reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusions, under such a complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the Congress at Philadelphia." It was in a congress composed of such men that Washington distinguished... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1921 - 616 pages
...reason, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion under a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. The histories of Greece and Rome give us nothing equal to it, and all attempts to impose servitude... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 448 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish... | |
 | Frank Arthur Mumby - 1923 - 498 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish... | |
 | James Montgomery Beck - 1924 - 358 pages
...of reason, force of sagacity and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia." It may be suggested that such an estimate of living leaders by their contemporaries is not to be expected... | |
 | 1924 - 306 pages
...of reason, force of sagacity and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia." His mastery of men did not end with his death, for the world has honored him as it has no other founder... | |
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