 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 էջ
...spirit it may cost!, I am willing to know the whole" truth; to know the worst\ and to provide' for it. of the future', but by the past*; and, judging by...been pleased to solace themselves and the house*? la it that insidious smile' with which our petition has been lately received'? Trust it not , sir :... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 էջ
...whole1 truth — | to know the worsi', ] and to provide, for it. | I have but one lamp by which my1 feei are guided ; | and that is the lamp of experience....know of no way of judging of the future, ! but by the pasi1: | and, judging by the past, \ I wish to know | what there has been in the conduct of the British... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 էջ
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and...have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, sir, it... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 էջ
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...have been pleased to solace themselves and the house. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it... | |
 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 էջ
...visionary when it came to positing the fundamentals of the new political order. In 1775 he declared: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided,...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."2 The American leaders found support for this attitude in the revered model... | |
 | Stephen Feinstein - 2001 - 116 էջ
...liberty? For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth: to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided. And that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future except by the past. Consider the British conduct these last 10 years.... | |
 | Deborah Homsher - 2000 - 264 էջ
...week, or next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed?" In that same glorious speech, Henry said: "I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." In the past when we gun owners have come together to fight for freedom, we have won the day. The fight... | |
 | Daniel E. Lapin - 2002 - 376 էջ
...the Virginia convention on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry said: "I have but one lamp by which my feer are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I...in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ren years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2002 - 964 էջ
...challenge his critics to try to keep up with him. In 1775, in our revolutionary era, Patrick Henry said, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past." It is only because the United States was so steadfast in fighting for... | |
 | Tieman H. Dippel, Jr. - 1987 - 212 էջ
...greatest tests as well as our greatest moment. When our nation was in its infancy, Patrick Henry said, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided,...and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way to judging the future but by the past." Our founding fathers wrote the Constitution and Declaration... | |
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. 
