 | William Davis Gallagher, Otway Curry - 1839 - 438 pages
...labor in the earth his peculiar deposit for substantial virtues ; the focus in which he keeps alive the sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth ; that corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1865 - 860 pages
...any state to that of its farmers, is the proportion of its unsound to the healthy parts." porruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has furnished an example. It is a work set on others than those who look up to Heaven for... | |
 | 1844 - 574 pages
...earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he made his pecular deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is...focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire which might otherwise escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators... | |
 | 1845 - 648 pages
...the ground. The moral influence in either case, is very much the same. Mr. Jefferson asserted that " corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators, is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has furnished any example ;" and probably very few persons have either lived among flowers... | |
 | Francis Wyse - 1846 - 524 pages
...he had a chosen people whose breasts he had made his peculiar deposit for substantial and generous virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that...sacred fire which otherwise might escape from the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of the cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation... | |
 | Francis Wyse - 1846 - 514 pages
...he had a chosen people whose breasts he had made his peculiar deposit for substantial and generous virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that...sacred fire which otherwise might escape from the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of the cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation... | |
 | Samuel Prescott Hildreth - 1848 - 578 pages
...earth, are the chosen people of God— if he has chosen a people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alivo that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals... | |
 | Maine State Agricultural Society - 1853 - 884 pages
...focus in which he keeps alive the sacred fire which, otherwise, might escape from the earth ; that corruption of morals, in the mass of cultivators, is a phenomenon, of which no age or nation has furnished an example ; it is the mark set on those, who, no*t looking up to Heaven, to... | |
 | Henry Clay Dean - 1869 - 562 pages
...the chosen people of God, (if ever he had a chosen people,) whose breasts He has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is...furnished an example. It is the mark set on those who are not looking up to heaven, to their own soil, and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistance... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Rice - 1875 - 422 pages
...chosen people of God, if he ever had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made the peculiar depository for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus...mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has furnished an example." From this brief expose of human nature and its workings, we are... | |
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Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, (if ever he had a chosen people,) whose breasts He has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which He keeps alive that sacred fire, which, otherwise,... 
