 There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments...  The Great Problems of British Statesmanship - Página 364por J. Ellis Barker - 1917 - 445 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 524 páginas
...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace—one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity—it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 páginas
...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace—one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity—it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 páginas
...States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be, able to repel it. If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all... | |
 | Mrs. E. Burrows - 1861 - 408 páginas
...could always remember, — ' If we desire to avoid insult we must THE BRITISH L1ON;S RE-AWAKENING. 341 be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace,...be known that we are at all times ready for war.' " "But, mama, we are acting upon his advice now, are we not?" exclaimed Ernest. "Think of our volunteers."... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1861 - 496 páginas
...others, and history most abundantly proves the wisdom and justice of the words of Washington — " IF WE DESIRE TO SECURE PEACE, IT MUST BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE AT ALL TIMES READY FOR WAR." But let us bring this case still nearer home. Let it be known to-morrow that the people of Boston or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 464 páginas
...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace — one of the most powerful instruments of our pros* perity — it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1862 - 492 páginas
...others, and history most abundantly proves the wisdom and justice of the words of Washington — " IF WE DESIRE TO SECURE PEACE, IT MUST BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE AT ALL TIMES READY FOR WAR." But let us bring this case still nearer home. Let it be known to-morrow that the people of Boston or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 488 páginas
...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace — one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity — it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.). Committee on Statistics - 1863 - 124 páginas
...from the Lakes to the Hudson and the Atlantic. It was well said by Washington, " that if we desire peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." The military position is, in a few words, this : On the American iide, the Northern frontier is defenseless.... | |
 | 1863 - 260 páginas
...from the Lakes to the Hudson and the Atlantic. It was well said by Washington, " that if we desire peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." 232 facility. We cannot do it at all. Great Britain bas constructed canals for this express purpose.... | |
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