 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 662 páginas
...duties of a good citizen : but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. W hen, in the battle of Germantown, General Washington's army was annoyed from Chew's house, he did... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 552 páginas
...duties of a good citizen : but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...property and all those who are enjoying them with usj thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. When, in the battle of Germantown, General Washington's... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 550 páginas
...high duties of a good citizen : but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of selfpreservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. When, in tha battle of Germantown, General Washington's army was annoyed from Chew's house, he did not hesitate... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1102 páginas
...highest duties of a good citizen ; but not the highest. The law of necessity of self-presi-rvation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Here is a chart made for the occasion by one who comprehended our institutions and the enormities of... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1865 - 468 páginas
...highest duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absolutely sacrificing the end to the means." — Jefferson'a Works, vol. 6, p. 642. Mr. GARFIELD.... | |
 | Russell H. Conwell - 1884 - 526 páginas
...duties of a good citizen ; but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." This doctrine cuts right athwart, and scatters to the four winds of heaven the whole argument of the... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - 1886 - 912 páginas
...highest duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of Necessity, of Self-preservation, of SAVING OUR COUNTRY WHEN IN DANGER, are of higher...and all those who are enjoying them, with us; thus, absolutely SACRIFICING THE END TO THE MEANS." Indeed these extreme sticklers for the letter of the... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - 1887 - 554 páginas
...duties of a good citizen ; but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." This doctrine cuts right athwart and scatters to the four winds of heaven the whole argument of the... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - 1887 - 554 páginas
...duties of a good citizen ; but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." This doctrine cuts right athwart and scatters to the four winds of heaven the whole argument of the... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1893 - 728 páginas
...duties of a good citizen ; but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." " This doctrine cuts right athwart, and scatters to the four winds of heaven the whole argument of... | |
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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country... 
