It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into... Proceedings ... - Pągina 99per New York State Bar Association - 1918Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1917 - 920 pągines
...trusted foundations of political liberty. . . . It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing...ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilization itself... | |
| 1918 - 740 pągines
...April 2, 1917, on the necessity of war with Germany, President Wilson said : It is a fearful tiling to lead this great peaceful people into war, into...civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But tin right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest... | |
| 1926 - 536 pągines
...misconception: "The world must be made safe for democracy." The conclusion of the address was an exalted appeal: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious... | |
| 1918 - 728 pągines
...malignant few. " RIGHT is MOKE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE." It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, m«ny months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and... | |
| United States. President - 1917 - 566 pągines
...will lift it only here and there and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead oi us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and... | |
| Roady Kenehan - 1917 - 614 pągines
...United States: "It is a fearful thing to lead this peaceful people into war, into the most fearful and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." The reasons which have made war inevitable are set forth in the words with which the President addressed... | |
| 1916 - 414 pągines
...THE AMERICAN OXONIAN VOL. IV APEIL, 1917 No. 2 HOW TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY IN THE PRESENT CRISIS "It it a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the mott terrible and disastrous of all wart, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the... | |
| Woodrow Wilson - 1917 - 520 pągines
...it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen...disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to b» in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which... | |
| Carl William Ackerman - 1917 - 336 pągines
...will lift it only here and there, and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. "It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen...into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilisation itself seeming to be in the balance. "But the right is more precious than peace, and we... | |
| C. S. Calodikes - 1917 - 192 pągines
...and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. "It is a distressing and oppresive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed...peaceful people into war — into the most terrible and ōčv <Ш.о TÓaov лоХ^, oaov ттiv Taxelav ąrtoxaTįaTaoiv TUV OTEVUV a/éaEcov ąiwnōaķaē... | |
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