 We have errors to correct. We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention...  Washington - Sivu 95tekijä(t) François Guizot - 1840 - 230 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1902 - 468 sivua
...(William Jay: Life of John Jay, vol. ip 259.) A year earlier, August 1, 1786, he had written to Jay, "Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt...coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic... | |
 | James Quay Howard - 1902 - 178 sivua
...inability to enforce two Indian treaties caused General Washington to utter a timely word of wisdom: "That experience has taught us that men will not adopt and...good, without the intervention of a coercive power." Meanwhile the Franklin settlers were fighting both Indians and each other. This could not last. In... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 566 sivua
...my own. What the event will be, is also beyond the reach of my foresight. We have errors to correct; we have probably had too good an opinion of human...calculated for their own good without the intervention of coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1902 - 498 sivua
...(William Jay : Life of John Jay, vol. ip 259.) A year earlier, August 1, 1786, he had written to Jay, "Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt...coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic... | |
 | United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1905 - 854 sivua
...my own. What the event will be is also beyond the reach of my foresight. We have errors to correct; we have probably had too good an opinion of human...Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt & carry into execution, measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society - 1904 - 632 sivua
...event will be, is also beyond the reach of my forsight. We have errors to correct; we have had probably too good an opinion of human nature in forming our...calculated for their own good, without the intervention of coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power... | |
 | Edwin Erle Sparks - 1904 - 562 sivua
...the Government to too good an opinion of human nature. ' ' Experience has taught us, ' ' he said, ' ' that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures...good, without the intervention of a coercive power." He declared that requisitions made upon the States by the central power became a perfect nullity when... | |
 | United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1905 - 846 sivua
...my own. What the event will be is also beyond the reach of my foresight. We have errors to correct; we have probably had too good an opinion of human...Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt & carry into execution, measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of... | |
 | 1905 - 458 sivua
...were seen by Washington, I quote from a letter he wrote in August, 1786: " We have errors to correct. We have probably had too good an opinion of human...forming our confederation. Experience has taught us that without the intervention of a coercive power, men will not adopt and carry into execution measures... | |
 | 1906 - 1026 sivua
...states. Good God ! Who besides a Tory could have foreseen, or a Briton predicted them ?" And again : "Experience has taught us that men will not adopt...good, without the intervention of a coercive power." Every dogma has its day. Though the Revolution, at its inception, was essentially — one might say,... | |
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