 ... distinction of being the leader in a revolution without awakening one doubt or solicitude as to the spotless purity of his purpose. His was the glory of being the brightest manifestation of the spirit which reigned in his country ; and in this way...  Discourses on War - Pàgina 159per William Ellery Channing - 1903 - 229 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1828 - 476 pàgines
...which reigned in his country; and in this way he become a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution...that sympathy which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct which... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1827 - 556 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution...that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct, which... | |
 | 1827 - 560 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an, enlightened people's confidence. In such a...that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct, which... | |
 | 1827 - 634 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution as that of France, Washing, ton would have been nothing ; for that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow-citizens,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 630 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution...that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct which... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 622 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution...that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct which... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1831 - 66 pàgines
...his sublime moral qualities, and not by transcendent talent, which, we apprehend, he did not possess. To him belonged the proud distinction of being the...that sympathy, which subsisted between him and his fellow citizens, and which was the secret of his power, would have been wanting. By an instinct, which... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyse - 1836 - 578 pàgines
...courage, energy, and wisdom, under the animating and guiding influences of his great and good mind. By an instinct which is unerring, we call Washington,...reverence, the Father of his country, but not its Saviour. The People who wants a Saviour, who docs not possess an earnest and pledge of freedom in its own heart,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1870 - 764 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution as that of France, Washington wouldhave been nothing; for that sympathy which subsisted between him and his fellow-citirens, and... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1880 - 948 pàgines
...reigned in his country ; and in this way he became a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence. In such a revolution...been wanting. By an instinct which is unerring, we caíl Washington, with grateful reverence, the Father of his country, but not its saviour. A people... | |
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