 | Noah Worcester - 1816 - 814 Seiten
...never vat a good mar or a bad fieace. What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of life might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in...What an extension of agriculture, even to the tops of the mountains ; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals ; what bridges, aqueducts, newroads,... | |
 | 1817 - 630 Seiten
...1 783, immediately after the treaty with England, Dr. Franklin gives it as his opinion : — " That there never was a good war, or a bad peace. 'What vast addition," observes he, " to the conveniences and comforts of living, might mankind have acquired,... | |
 | 1817 - 630 Seiten
...1 783, immediately after the treaty with England, Dr. Franklin gives it as his opinion : — " That there never was a good war, or a bad peace. What vast addition," observes he, " to the conveniences and comforts of living, might mankind have acquired,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 Seiten
...themselves reasonable creatures, have jru'-nu and sense enough to settle their differences without cu.ttjn£ throats : for in my opinion, there never was a good war, or a. bad peate. What vast additions to the conveniences ajid comforts of living might mankind have acquired,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 204 Seiten
...to Hartley, " to the convenience and comfort of living might we acquire, if the money spent in war had been employed in works of public utility, what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of the mountains." The only writer we shall notice subsequent to our Revolution, is one who gave tone... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1825 - 534 Seiten
...third instant. We are now friends with England, and with all mankind! May we never see another war! for in my opinion, there never was a good war, or a bad peace. Adieu, and believe me ever, My dear Friend, Yours most affectionately, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. THE END.... | |
 | 1826 - 404 Seiten
...third instant. We are now friends with England, and with all mankind ! May we never see another war ! for in my opinion, there never was a good war, or a bad peace. Adieu, and believe me ever, My dear Friend, Yours most affectionately, B. FRANKLIX. BIOGRAPHICAL. ORIGINAL.... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 Seiten
...third instant. We are now friends with England, and with all mankind ! May we never see another war ! for in my opinion, there never was a good war, or a bad peace. Adieu, and believe me ever, My dear Friend, Yours most affectionately, B. FRANKLIN. COL. WILLIAM BUCKMIN9TER... | |
 | William Ladd - 1831 - 890 Seiten
...in a letter to Josiah uu'mcy, dated Passy, Sept. 21, 1783, says : " May we never see another war ! for, in my opinion, there never was a good war, or a had peace." He gives the following picture of the degraded state of slavery to which, he conceived,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1833 - 490 Seiten
...at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to • settle their differences without cutting throats : for in...comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the public money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility ! What an extension of agriculture,... | |
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I hope it will be lasting, and that Mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable Creatures, have Reason and Sense enough to settle their Differences without cutting Throats; for, in my opinion, there never was a good War, or a bad Peace. 
