 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
 | James H. Hutson - 2000 - 228 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... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 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... | |
 | Derek H. Davis - 2000 - 328 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...terms so plain and firm as to command their assent. . . . Neither aiming at originality of principles or sentiments, nor yet copied from any particular... | |
 | Barbara Chase-Riboud - 2000 - 366 pages
...very young and very passionate," he said slowly. "I poured my soul onto sheet after sheet. I wanted to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and so firm as to be undeniable. After all, I was fighting for our lives and those of our family, and the... | |
 | James H. Read - 2000 - 228 pages
...was intended by Jefferson to be, not the statement of an individual but of the entire patriot cause: "Neither aiming at originality of 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... | |
 | Terry Cooper - 2000 - 796 pages
...at that time, about his desire "to place before mankind the common sense of the subject." He wrote: "Neither aiming at originality of 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... | |
 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 pages
...cabinetmaker. Traff1c rattled by below the open windows. The June days and nights turned increasingly warm. Neither aiming at originality of 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... | |
 | Bruce Lancaster, John Harold Plumb - 2001 - 380 pages
...writing the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence (first page shown here), Jefferson tried "to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so firm and plain as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are... | |
 | Samuel B. Griffith - 2002 - 780 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, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - 376 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... | |
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