...Washington's Farewell Address, which New York selected as the fittest to inscribe upon the Centennial Arch: " Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest may repair. The event is in the hand of God."* To which may well be added that warning of Lowell, the...

...model. No ; the evil is the consequence of individualism, and by individual effort must it be cured. " Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair," said Washington, the ideal American, in his successful attempt to inspire the Constitutional Convention...

...slowly assembled, he grew eager for the success of the work, and would listen to no half-way measures. "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair," he said to those who talked of a weak plan. When the work began he was chosen president of the convention,...

...right to all men, without respect to race, color, or condition. We trust that he may long be spared to stand as an example of virile American manhood,...words of Washington, which will never die : " Let us rear a standard to which the wise and the honest may repair. The event is in the hands of God." XVII...

...slowly assembled, he grew eager for the success of the work, and would listen to no halfway measures. " Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair," he said to those who talked of a weak plan. When the work began, he was chosen president of the convention,...

...the people," said he, " we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest oan repair ; the event is in the hand of God." The Virginia delegates had carefully framed a form of...

...slowly assembled, he grew eager for the success of the work, and would listen to no half-way measures. "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair," he said to those who talked of a weak plan. When the work began he was chosen president of the convention,...

...George Washington advocated the adoption of a strong national Constitution in the ringing sentence: "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest may repair!'' That sentence has inspired the name of this periodical. There is not lurking in the name...

...back one hundred and twenty years or more and quoting the language of our first President who said, " Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest may repair. The event is in the hands of God." So in our task tonight, we will try to consider the...

...Superintendent of Documents. Government Printing Office Washington. DC WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OPTICS 'Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair." Washington. FOREWORD This circular* gives for the nontechnical reader an outline of the service which...