 | Henry Winsor - United States - 1839 - 250 pages
...active, the brave. Besides Sir, we have no election ; were we base enough to desire it, it is now to late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission or slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The War... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! It is in vain, sir,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1840 - 554 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were Aase enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1841 - 682 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...battle, sir, | is not to the strong alone, ; | it is to the vigilant, | the ac'tive, | the brave,. | Besides, sir, | we have no election. | If we were...their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. | The war is inevitable ; | and let it come ! | I repeat it, sir — | let it come ! ! | It is in vain,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 640 pages
...strong alone, but to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 534 pages
...strong alone, but to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable; and -let it come! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The... | |
 | 1841 - 618 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are furged. Their clanking may be heard on the plaius of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. 10. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and... 
