 The resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which...  The Platform: Its Rise and Progress - Page 436de Henry Lorenzo Jephson - 1892Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1828 - 526 pages
...necessary, every month of peace that has since passed has but made us so much the more capable of exertion. The resources created by peace are means of war. In...more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertnes* and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your... | |
 | 1828 - 628 pages
...repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which 1 have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your town is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...the mountains of Zion." Example 14. The following is from Canning's Speech at Portsmouth, England. "Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof that they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know how soon one... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...necessary, every month of peace that has since passed has made us so much the more capable of exertion. The resources created by peace are means of war; in...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of our inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1830 - 466 pages
...Canning at a dinner at which he presided in the town of Plymouth. ' Our present repose,' he said, ' is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state...mighty masses that float in the waters above your town (Plymouth) is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pages
...feelings by our duty, let it not be said that we cultivate peace, because we are unprepared for war. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty war-ships, that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable... | |
 | John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...cherishing those resonrces, we bnt accumulais those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of onr inability to act, than the state of inertness and...inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses »hat float in the waters above yo«r town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and Incapable of... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 510 pages
...capable of exertion. " The resources created by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our...float in the waters above your town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, * At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet for... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 512 pages
...capable of exertion. " The resources created by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our...float in the waters above your town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, • At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...feelings by our duty, let it not be said that we cultivate peace, because we are unprepared for war. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...and inactivity, in which I have seen those mighty war-ships, that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable... | |
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