 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1817 - 640 էջ
...reflect, in my estimation, great lustre upon the authors, and presage an era of still further improvement. How pitiful in the eye of reason and religion is that...for the purposes of conquest and fame, when compared with the milder virtues of making our neighbours and fellow men as happy as their frail condition and... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 էջ
...men, reflect, in my estimation, great lustre upon the authors, and presage an era of still further improvements. " How pitiful, in the eye of reason...fire and sword for the purposes of conquest and fame, compared to the milder virtues of making our neighbours and our fellow-men as happy as their frail... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 էջ
...great lustre upon the authors, and presage an era of still further improvements. " How pitiful, in tlie eye of reason and religion, is that false ambition...fire and sword for the purposes of conquest and fame, compared to the milder virtues of making our neighbours and our fellow-men as happy as their frail... | |
 | 1837 - 558 էջ
...the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted career of conquests. How pitiful in the eye of reason and religion, is...fire and sword for the purposes of conquest and fame, compared to the milder virtues of making our neighbors and our fellow-men as happy as their frail conditions... | |
 | 1848 - 628 էջ
...real greatness, and of the creed commonly adopted by belligerent powers. "How pitiful," says he, " in the eye of reason and religion, is that false ambition...with fire and sword for the purposes of conquest and selfish ambition, compared to the milder virtue of making our neighbors and our fellow men as happy... | |
 | 1845 - 648 էջ
...the vain-glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted career of conquests. How pitiful, in the eye of reason, and religion, is...ambition which desolates the world with fire and sword, compared to the milder virtues of making our fellow-men as happy as their frail conditions and perishable... | |
 | 1744 - 596 էջ
...shall hardly he an honest man." General WASHINGTON, first president of the United States, exclaims : " How pitiful, in the eye of reason and religion, is...ambition which desolates the world with fire' and sword, compared to the milder virtues of making our fellowmen as happy as their frail condition and perishable... | |
 | George Cone Beckwith - 1847 - 262 էջ
...MACHIAVEL, " makes villains, and peace brings them to the gallows." " How frightful," exclaims WASHINGTON, " is that false ambition which desolates the world with fire and sword ! It is time for knight-errantry and mad heroism to be at an end." '' War," says JEFFERSON, " is an... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 324 էջ
...the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted career of conquests. How pitiful in the eye of reason and religion, is...ambition which desolates the world with fire and sword, compared to the milder virtues of making our fellow-men as happy as their frail condition and perishable... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 312 էջ
...the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted career of conquests. How pitiful in the eye of reason and religion, is...ambition which desolates the world with fire and sword, compared to the milder virtues of making our fellow-men as happy as their frail condition and perishable... | |
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