 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1873 - 568 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety."1 Undertaking to create military governors of States, we reverse the policy of the Republic,... | |
 | Edward Griffin Tileston - United States - 1871 - 240 pages
...of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and, should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm,...difficulties of this, the greatest of all. I have learned to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station... | |
 | Politics, Practical - 1871 - 452 pages
...from giving here the eloquent close of this admirable State paper : Extract from Inaugural Address. I repair, then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have...difficulties of this, the greatest of all, I have learned to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station... | |
 | 1871 - 800 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust. And should we wander from them in moments of error and alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." How solemn and prophetic the warning, and how pertinent the appeal in the present crisis, uttered seventy... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1873 - 566 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." * Undertaking to create military governors of States, we reverse the policy of the Republic, as solemnly... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1874 - 566 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." 1 Undertaking to create military governors of States, we reverse the policy of the Republic, as solemnly... | |
 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and, should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm,...road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. LESSON XIV. THE RAVEN. BY EA POE. . Edgar Allan Poe was born in Baltimore, 1811. His parents having... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1875 - 522 pages
...by which to try the service of those we trust and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain...road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety." Here is a statesman's chart drawn by one of the ablest navigators that ever stood at the helm of government.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - United States - 1875 - 522 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." In conclusion he said " Relying, then, on the patronage of your good-will, I advance with obedience... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Confederate States of America - 1876 - 694 pages
...preservation of the public faith. And should we wander from these principles in moments of error and alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." And, last, it is Jackson's clear, ringing tone to which we listen : " What is life without honor ?... | |
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The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment; they should be the creed of our political faith: the text of civic instruction; the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander... 
