 | United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...without any of the obstructions that oppose, diminish, and destroy them in the present state of men." ... "It would be as ridiculous, then, to dispute and quarrel about the means of life, as it would be now about water to drink along mighty rivers, or about the permission to breathe... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...without any of the obstructions that oppose, diminish, and destroy them in the present state of men." ... "It would be as ridiculous, then, to dispute and quarrel about the means of life, as it would be now about water to drink along mighty rivers, or about the permission to breathe... | |
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It would be as ridiculous, then, to dispute and quarrel about the means of life, as it would be now about water to drink along mighty rivers, or about the permission to breathe air in the atmosphere, or about sticks in our extensive woods. 