 | John G. Wells - 1856 - 156 pages
...advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence haa not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The...at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennoblei human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? So, likewise, a passionate attachment... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1856 - 420 pages
...it. Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtues ? The experiment, at least is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! it is rendered impossible by its vices." " Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 380 pages
...? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue 1 The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices ?" John Adams, in his inaugural address, enumerates the... | |
 | 1857 - 610 pages
...advantages that might be lost by a steady adhereace to it? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the % Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1857 - 356 pages
...advantages which might bo lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? lu the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential... | |
 | 1857 - 668 pages
...advantages that might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential... | |
 | Pan American Union - 1932 - 1000 pages
...magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence .... The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. — Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices? In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential... | |
 | Paul C. Nagel - 1971 - 398 pages
...added the note of uncertainty which would linger. "Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?" Alas, indeed! Here Washington met the crucial issue... | |
 | 1976 - 136 pages
...advantages that might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. [from] Washington 's Farewell Address [1796] Suggested Exercises 1 . Map of Canada and the United States... | |
 | John Richard Alden - 1984 - 356 pages
...magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. . . . The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?" In any event, the Americans should avoid "permanent,... | |
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Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with... 
