 | Ezra B. Chase - 1860 - 495 Seiten
...partial local interests ; our projects will be confounded ; and we shall ourselves become a reproach and by-word down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind...this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing gOvemments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. I therefore beg leave to move... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel : we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests....confounded ; and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a bye-word to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 261 Seiten
...concurring aid, we shaJJ succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel ; we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests...will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproaci and a by-word down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 558 Seiten
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better thanr tbe builders of Babel , we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests...ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to futnre ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of... | |
 | 1862 - 443 Seiten
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel ; we shall be divided by our little partial local interests,...we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1863
...concurring aid we shall succeed, in this political building, no better than the builders of Babel. We shall be divided by our little partial local interests ;...confounded ; and we ourselves shall become a reproach and by-word down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 504 Seiten
...aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel : * we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests...this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. 6. I therefore beg leave to... | |
 | James Parton - 1864
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the building of Babel; we shall be divided by our little partial local interests,...down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may, hereafier, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and... | |
 | James Parton - 1864
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the building of Babel ; we shall be divided by our little partial local interests,...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by- word down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may, hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 831 Seiten
...concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel. We shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests...our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves become a reproach and by-word down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from... | |
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