 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
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 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 might be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1863 - 316 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... | |
 | Warren Choate Shaw - 1922 - 488 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...disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can 1 Bryan, World's Famous Orations, VIII, pp. 160-163. fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - 1922 - 778 pages
...its powers or not. In his peroration he said that for himself there should be "no cool weighing of the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder " ; no accustomed hanging over " the precipice of disunion " in the effort " to fathom the depths of... | |
 | Emory Stephen Bogardus - 1923 - 458 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 may best be preserved, but how tolerable might be the... | |
 | Francis Marion Rust - 1923 - 198 pages
...to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coldly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the...affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1923 - 484 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...bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. . . . While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 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 may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the... | |
 | Albert Mason Harris - 1924 - 458 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...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Isobel Davidson - 1925 - 512 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...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
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