 CONVENTION :—I would be presumptuous, indeed, to present myself against the distinguished gentlemen to whom you have listened if this were a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land,...  The Review of Reviews - Page 174edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Harold Glenn Moulton - 1916 - 830 pages
...whom you have listened if this were a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when...armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | Albert Mason Harris - 1924 - 458 pages
...you have been listening if this were a mere measure of abilities ; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when...armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | Paul Leland Haworth - 1925 - 634 pages
...this was not a mere measuring of abilities, not a contest between persons. "The humblest citizen in the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defence of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | Genevieve Forbes Herrick, John Origen Herrick - 1925 - 434 pages
...you have listened, if this were a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest be\i tween persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when...armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | Ralph Volney Harlow - 1925 - 910 pages
...were a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | Albert Alan Orth - 1925 - 170 pages
...speaker was William Jennings Bryan of Kebraska. "The humblest citizen in all the land when cald in armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the whole hosts of error they can bring, I corne to spealc to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause o± liberty - the... | |
 | Stuart Lewis - 1928 - 720 pages
...whom you have listened if this were a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when...armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty—the... | |
 | 1912 - 804 pages
...this were a measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest person in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defence of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1934 - 324 pages
...of our country on a very memorable occasion. He began his speech by saying: The humblest citizen of the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than all of the hosts of error. I come before you in defense of a cause that is as holy as the cause of liberty,... | |
 | Carl Britt Hyatt - 1956 - 248 pages
...address ( 1830) . Public office is a public trust. — GROVER CLEVELAND (1884). The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error.— WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, in a speech at National Democratic Convention (1896) . America... | |
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