 | Political science - 1816 - 728 pages
...thro' all tlit gloom, I con see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope \ve shall not. I am, Sac. JOHN ADAMS. COMPENSATION BILL. The act changing the mode of compensation... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...and defend these States : yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can sae that the end is worth more than all the means . and...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, wbich I hope we shall not. •• The day is passed. The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epocha... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. JOHN ADAMS. MBS. ADAMS. The following letter was not intended fur publication, but we cannot resist... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...rays of light and glory; I pn see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity j •will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. JOHN ADAMS. MBS. ADAMS. reasons which will be obvious to the reader — to record the document in our... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 806 pages
...succeeding generations as the great American festival. I am wen aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it, which I hope we shall not " Now it was precisely by this noble disdain of the present and the visible,... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...pointed out, and corrected in a very satisfactory manner, in the Democratic Press of the 13th instant. •can see the rays of light and glory. I can see...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." The authorship of the splendid record we have heen considering belongs to Mr. Jefferson. To him is... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 436 pages
...blood and treasure it will cost to maintain this declaration, ami support and defend these States j yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it, which I hope we shall not." Now it was precisely by this noble disdain of the present and the visible,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...defend these states; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory — I can все, that the end is worth more than all the means, and...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. I am.&c. «JOHN ADAMS." NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THEOLOGY AND GENERAL LITERATURE. Lectures on History and... | |
 | John Sanderson - United States - 1827 - 362 pages
...deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations,...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." Mr. Adams gained no respite from his congressional labours by the decision of the great question of... | |
 | William Cranch - 1827 - 140 pages
...this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...although you and I may rue ; which I hope we shall not." Such a letter, so free from the suspicion of having been written for effect, could only have been written... | |
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You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light... 
