 We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing...  The Christian Review - Página 5721850Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Paul Alliot - 1910 - 398 páginas
...AND ADJACENT PLANTATIONS, 1798 . . . . -321 From a reproduction of map in the Library of Congress. We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of...contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into nourishing districts. From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first... | |
 | Edward Channing, Susan J. Ginn - 1910 - 472 páginas
...fifteen million dollars. After the negotiators had signed their names to the treaty, Livingston said, " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives ! " There were then thousands of people living in New Orleans, St. Louis, and other parts of... | |
 | 1911 - 926 páginas
...another century passes.' Well might Robert R. Livingston exclaim after the signature of the treaty, 'We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives.' At the tinm of this cession the population of the United States numbered less than 6,000,000 souls.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1911 - 260 páginas
...dispute. Very justly did Mr. Livingston say to the French minister as they arose from signing the treaty: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." Two years previous to these events John Marshall had been nominated and confirmed as chiefjustice of... | |
 | Louisiana Historical Society - 1912 - 250 páginas
...another century passes/ Well might Eobert B. Livingston exclaim after the signature of the treaty, 'We have lived, long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives.' At the timeof this cession the population of the United States numbered lessthan 6,000,000 souls. To-day... | |
 | Louisiana Historical Society - 1912 - 166 páginas
...another century passes.' Well might Eobert E. Livingston exclaim after the signature of the treaty, 'We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives.' At the time of this cession the population of the United States numbered less than 6,000,000 souls.... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites, Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1912 - 572 páginas
...incidents of their journey. 6. Livingston, our minister to France, said after the Louisiana Purchase: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." " This treaty," he continued, "will prepare ages of happiness for innumerable generations of human... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1912 - 228 páginas
...a prophetic strain, Livingston, when he had affixed his name to the treaty of cession, exclaimed: " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives. . . . Today the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank. . . . The... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1912 - 232 páginas
...principal American negotiator, rose after signing, he shook hands with his colleagues and Marbois, saying: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives!'' It was the early days of July before the news of this remarkable diplomatic negotiation reached... | |
 | Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.) - 1914 - 720 páginas
...have given to England a maritime rival that will, sooner or later, humble her pride." Livingston said, "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives." The purchase of Louisiana was one of the most important events in the history of the United... | |
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