 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...  The American Journal of International Law - Страница 3971914Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1897 - 832 страница
...declaring independence of Great Britain. Jefferson himself said: "It is the most momentous question since that of Independence. That made us a nation;...to steer through the ocean of time opening on us. By acceding to the proposition of England, we detach her from the band of despots, bring her mighty... | |
 | George Fox Tucker - 1885 - 152 страница
...call " for our efforts to defeat the meditated crusade."1 Mr. Jefferson was even more explicit: — " The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
 | James Schouler - 1885 - 566 страница
...October 24, 1823. The opening strain of this letter gives the keynote of the policy to be announced. "The question presented by the letters you have sent...we are to steer through the ocean of time opening upon us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1887 - 876 страница
...advice. To this request Mr. Jefferson answered as follows: " MONTICELLO, October 24, 1823. " DEAR SIR : The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark npoii it nnder circumstances more auspicious.1' Our first and fundamental maxim I should be never to... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1887 - 872 страница
...advice. To this request Mr. Jefferson answered as follows: " MONTICELLO, October 24, 1823. "DEAR SIR: The question presented by the letters you have sent...compass and points the course which we are to steer througb the ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark upon it under circumstances more... | |
 | William Gammell - 1890 - 416 страница
...America, had asked the advice of Mr. Jefferson, who answered in these earnest words : — " The question is the most momentous which has ever been offered...of time opening on us ; and never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
 | James Schouler - 1893 - 266 страница
...germ of the Monroe Doctrine twenty years before. " This question," he now wrote enthusiastically, " is the most momentous which has ever been offered...to steer through the ocean of time opening on us. ... Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe... | |
 | Freeman Snow - 1894 - 536 страница
...are extracts from their letters in reply : — JEFFERSON TO MONROE. " MONTICELLO, October 24, 1823. " The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
 | Freeman Snow - 1894 - 536 страница
...are extracts from their letters in reply :-4 JEFFERSON TO MONROE. " MONTICELLO, October 24, 1823. " The question presented by the letters you have sent...that of independence. That made us a nation, this aeJa our compass, and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on... | |
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