 We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing...  Old South Leaflets - Page 1161902 - 8 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1904 - 528 pages
...transferred to the United States, Mr. Livingston, the American envoy, said to the French Minister Marbois : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of...which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or force ; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - 1904 - 580 pages
...the treaties, they rose and shook hands, when Livingston, expressing the greatest satisfaction, said: 'we have lived long, but this is the noblest work...which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force ; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes... | |
 | Curtis Manning Geer - 1904 - 646 pages
...in the diplomacy of that time. When they had signed the treaty they shook hands and Livingston said: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work...which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes... | |
 | 1904 - 584 pages
...the treaties, they rose and shook hands, when Livingston, expressing the greatest satisfaction,said: 'we have lived long, but this is the noblest work...which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contract^ ing parties, it will change vast solitudes... | |
 | Mary Dillon - 1904 - 508 pages
...my country, and each word that he spoke made me prouder and happier. "We have lived long," he began, "but this is the noblest work of our whole lives....which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes... | |
 | Olin Dunbar Wheeler - 1904 - 428 pages
...result of the negotiations was extremely satisfactory to all immediately concerned. Livingston said : "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." Napoleon, upon learning that the cession was an accomplished fact, expressed himself as follows : "... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - 1904 - 440 pages
...present of one hundred and ninety-two thousand francs. Of this acquisition, Livingston said to Monroe, " We have lived \ long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives ; " while Napoleon exclaimed, " This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1904 - 326 pages
...amounting to $3,750,000. gotiator, rose after signing, he shook hands with his colleague and Marbois, saying : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives ! " It was the early days of July before the news of this remarkable diplomatic negotiation reached... | |
 | Grace Raymond Hebard - 1904 - 268 pages
...ratified by Congress November 3, 1803, and the purchase made December 17, 1803, when Livingston remarked, "We have lived long but this is the noblest work of our lives." In round numbers we obtained 1,037,735 square miles, or about 664,150,000 acres, at two and... | |
 | 1904 - 618 pages
...placed his name to the treaty °f cession, and rising and shaking hands with Monroe and Marbois, said : "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives." RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED. The treaties were sent to Washington as fast as possible, as it was... | |
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