| Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 Seiten
...visionary when it came to positing the fundamentals of the new political order. In 1775 he declared: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided,...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."2 The American leaders found support for this attitude in the revered model... | |
| Stephen Feinstein - 2001 - 116 Seiten
...liberty? For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth: to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided. And that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future except by the past. Consider the British conduct these last 10 years.... | |
| Dorrie Weiss - 2001 - 680 Seiten
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| Daniel E. Lapin - 2002 - 376 Seiten
...the Virginia convention on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry said: "I have but one lamp by which my feer are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I...in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ren years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2002 - 964 Seiten
...challenge his critics to try to keep up with him. In 1775, in our revolutionary era, Patrick Henry said, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past." It is only because the United States was so steadfast in fighting for... | |
| Tieman H. Dippel, Jr. - 1987 - 212 Seiten
...greatest tests as well as our greatest moment. When our nation was in its infancy, Patrick Henry said, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided,...and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way to judging the future but by the past." Our founding fathers wrote the Constitution and Declaration... | |
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