 | 1825 - 444 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...great duty of defence and preservation; and there is open to us, also, a noble pursuit, to which the spirit of the times strongly invites us. Our proper... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1825 - 920 pages
...can win no laurels in a war for Indepen- . dence. Eailier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...Alfred, and other founders of states. Our fathers have rilled them. But there remains to us a great duty of defence and preservation; and there is opened... | |
 | 1827 - 544 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...to which the spirit of the times strongly invites UP. Our proper business is improvement. Let our a^e be the age of improvement. In a day of peace, Jet... | |
 | 1827 - 540 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...pursuit, to which the spirit of the times strongly invite? us. Oar proper business is improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement. In a day of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...great duty of defence and preservation : and there is open to us, also, a noble pursuit, to which the spirit of the times strongly invites us. Our .proper... | |
 | 1836 - 552 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...states. Our fathers have filled them. But there remains lo us a great duty of defence and preservation ; and there is opened to us, also, a noble pursuit,... | |
 | 1837 - 396 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them alL Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...defence and preservation ; and there is opened to MS, also, a noble pursuit, to which the spirit of the times strongly invites us. Our proper business... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...filled them. But there remains to us" a great duty of defense and preservation ; and there is opened to us, also, a noble pursuit, to which the spirit of... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon,...the times strongly invites us. Our proper business b improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement. In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 416 pages
...We can win no laurels in a tear for Independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon and...founders of States. Our fathers have filled them." So thought New England's gifted son at that period ; so doubtless thought the rapturously admiring... | |
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The great trust now descends to new hands. Let us apply ourselves to that which is presented to us, as our appropriate object. We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for... 
