 I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed...  Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations - Page 87by Charles Morris - 1902 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 656 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of the government, whose thoughts... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...of disunion, to see whether with my short sight I could fathom the abyss below: nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affaire of the government,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark + recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of + Jisunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the abyss below ; nor could I regard... | |
 | 1857 - 650 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite ns together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion,... | |
 | 1857 - 690 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite ns together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...affairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should he best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 pages
...1 have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the uftiirs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly l>eiit on considering,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite ns together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion,... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 662 pages
...not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving...affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
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