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" Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The... "
Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 306
by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pages
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, — it is to the active the vigilant, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election ! If...— and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! — but there is no...
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Thrilling Incidents of the Wars of the United States: Comprising the Most ...

Jacob K. Neff - 1851 - 610 pages
...the strong alone ; but to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, 'Peace! Peace!' — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next...
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Our Sacred Honor: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters ...

William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace....
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Speeches that Changed the World

Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...- and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace - but there is no peace....
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Abraham Lincoln: A Constitutional Biography

George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding...
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The World's Great Speeches

Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston!...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution

Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 pages
...speak: Fightin' Words The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Assembly of Virgin ia. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" — but there is no...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...and who will raise friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace....
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Great Preaching on Patriotism

Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 pages
...the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late...inevitable— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, "Peace, Peace"— but there is no peace....
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George Washington: True Patriot

Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - 228 pages
...Henry fell down on one knee and crossed his wrists as if they were chained together before going on. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery....And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!... Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale...
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