 | 1831 - 224 pages
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 | William Slade - 1836 - 11 pages
...we to sit quietly down, fold our arms, an J say to each other, 'well, well, this thing will not come to the worst in our day. We will leave it to our children...great-grand-children to take care of themselves, and to brave the storm?1 Is this to act like wise men? Heaven knows we are no families. We detest the madness which... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 410 pages
...we to sit quietly down, fold our arms, and say to each other, ' well, well, this thing will not come to the worst in our day ? We will leave it to our children and our grand-children and great-graud-children to take care of themselves, and to brave the storm. Is this to act like wise men?... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...our arms, and say to each other, ' Well, well ; this thing will not come to the worst in our days ; we will leave it to our children, and our grandchildren,...to take care of themselves, and to brave the storm !' Is this to act like wise men ? Means, sure but gradual, systematic but discreet, ought to be adopted,... | |
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... when this, the fairest land on all this continent, for soil and climate and situation combined, might become a sort of garden spot if it were worked by the hands of white men alone, can we, ought we to sit quietly down, fold our arms, and say to each... 