 | Gustave Paul Cluseret - 1866 - 116 Seiten
...nation ; this sets our compass, and points the course . vie are to steer through the ocean of time. And never could we embark on it under circumstances...to intermeddle with . /cisAtlantic affairs. America has a set of interests, (North and South), distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own. She... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1866 - 914 Seiten
...replied by an elaborate letter, of 24 October, 1823. (Jefferson's Life, iii. 491.,) He says : " Our first maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the...suffer Europe to intermeddle with Cisatlantic affairs." Referring to the great power Great Britain could wield for good or evil in these controversies, and... | |
 | 1888 - 934 Seiten
...of Adams and Jefferson, which the latter pithily expressed thus : " Our first and fundamental axiom should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils...Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs." If it has not been possible hitherto for the United States to act up to this standard, it has been... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1866 - 808 Seiten
...by an elaborate letter, of ¿4 October, 18?¿. (Jef¿rson's Life, lii. 491.) He says: “Our first maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves In the...second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with Clsatlantlc a¿lrs.” Referring to the great power Great Britain could wield for good or evil in these... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1867 - 284 Seiten
...been offered to my contemplation since that of independence. That made us a nation ; this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer...it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1867 - 290 Seiten
...time opening on us, and never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves...broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to meddle with cis- Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1868 - 758 Seiten
...ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer...through the ocean of time opening on us. And never conld we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be,... | |
 | Gorham Dummer Abbot - 1869 - 430 Seiten
...the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence." * * * "Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never...of Europe ; our second, never to suffer Europe to meddle with cis- Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those... | |
 | 1902 - 458 Seiten
...was to be along the line of greatest strength, with the Monroe doctrine as its guide. " This sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time. Our first and fundamental maxim should be never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1876 - 536 Seiten
...is contained in the following sentences: . . "We declare that we should consider any attempt [of ' " Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to...cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has certain interests distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own. She should therefore have... | |
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The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through... 
