 | Katrina Trask - 1903 - 300 pages
...points is, in reality, a bribe for a nice long letter from her. Well, here are Burke 's words : " ' " My opinion is much more in favour of prudent management than of force, considering force not as an odious, but as a feeble instrument. . . . Force alone is temporary. It may subdue for a moment,... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1903 - 490 pages
...knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force — considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable connection with us." " There... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 pages
...may have more confidence in the efficacy of arms. But I confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management than of force; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing,... | |
 | T. Dundas Pillans - 1905 - 214 pages
...have " more confidence in the efficacy of arms. But I " confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my " opinion is much more in favour of prudent manage"ment than of force; considering force not as an " odious but a feeble instrument for preserving a " people so numerous, so active, so growing,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1905 - 592 pages
...may have some confidence in the efficacy of arms. But I confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management than of force; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing,... | |
 | ENGLISH & American masterpiece studies - 1906 - 408 pages
...may have more confidence in the efficacy of arms. But I confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management, than of force; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing,... | |
 | University of Sydney - 1906 - 738 pages
...Townshend determine the measures which they took iii regard to the colonies ? 4. " Considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this." What does Burke mean by describing "force" aa... | |
 | Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 404 pages
...knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force,—considering force not as an odious, but a feeble, instrument for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with... | |
 | Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 394 pages
...knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force, — considering force not as an odious, but a feeble, instrument for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connectionwith... | |
 | 1896 - 728 pages
...knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with... | |
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Those who understand the military art will of course have some predilection for it. Those who wield the thunder of the state may have more confidence in the efficacy of arms. But I confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more... 
