 I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom...  Our National System of Education: An Essay - Page 98by John Cleaves Henderson - 1877 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...in all my reading and observation— and it has been my favourite study — I have read Thucidydes and have studied and admired the master states of...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study— I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired the master- states of...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...been my favourite study — I have read Thucidydesj and have studied and admired the master-states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 160 pages
...myself I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and ohservation, — and it has heen my favourite study, (I have read Thucydides, and have studied and...of sagacity, and wisdom- of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or hody of men can stand in preference to the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 616 pages
...in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study, (I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired the master states of...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1817 - 314 pages
...readThucidydes, and have studied and admired the master-slates of the world :) I say I must declare, that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, uo nation, or body of men can sland in preference to the... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 514 pages
...congress that declared independence. "I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, I have read Thucydides,...studied and admired the master states of the world, but for solidity of reasoning, force of •agacity and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 518 pages
...my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study — I have re»d Thucidydes, and hive studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity and reasoning, force of sagacity, ml wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of different circumstances,... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...congress that declared independence. "I must declare and avow, that in all ray reading1 and observation, and it has been my favorite study, I have read Thucydides, and hare studied and admired the master states of the world, but for solidity of reasoning, force of »agjcity... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
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