 Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and...  Congressional Serial Set - Page 221928Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 676 pages
...new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before ; but to place before mankind the common sense of the...principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 364 pages
...or new arguments never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before, but to place before mankind the common sense of the...in the independent stand we are compelled to take." He admits that the leaders of the Revolution were novices in the science of government, by which he... | |
 | 1883 - 1004 pages
...expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion, to place before mankind the common-sense of the subject in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent.' Yet the Declaration of Independence has dislodged the Resolution of Independence from the place of... | |
 | 1883 - 994 pages
...expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion, to place 1 before mankind the common-sense of the subject in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent.' Yet the Declaration of Independence lias dislodged the Resolution of Independence from the place of... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1888 - 436 pages
...expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion, to place before mankind the common-sense of the subject in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent Yet the Declaration of Independence has dislodged the 'Resolution of Independence from the place of... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1899 - 516 pages
...new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before ; but to place before mankind the common sense of the...principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 pages
...never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before : but to Йсе before mankind the common sense of the subject, in...and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we were compelled to take. Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...things which had never been said before ; but to pTace^befbre mankind the common sense of tMmibJect, m terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves'~in the independent stand we were compelled to take. Neither aiming at originality of principle... | |
 | 1902 - 776 pages
...lay in their form, rather than in their content, and his own explanation of his work is excellent : Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular or previous writings, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind and to give to that expression,... | |
 | Nebraska State Bar Association - 1903 - 172 pages
...or new arguments never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the...Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nop yef copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the... | |
| |
