 With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent...  Current History - Страница 1931917Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood - 1918 - 368 страница
...are not common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound sense of the solemn step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities...war against the Government and people of the United States ; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it and that... | |
 | Sara Cone Bryant - 1918 - 192 страница
...parts over, as our mothers and fathers have often done since they were first said to Congress: — • "With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...recent course of the Imperial German Government to be hi jfact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States. . . . "We have... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Education - 1918 - 166 страница
...against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs ; they cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Gevernment to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States;... | |
 | Lyman Pierson Powell, Gertrude Wilson Powell - 1918 - 358 страница
...before they have shown their own intention. They must be dealt with upon sight, if dealt with at all. With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German THE PRESIDENT'S WAR MESSAGE 3 Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1921 - 1178 страница
...against which we now array ourselves fire no common wrongs ; they cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...recent course of the Imperial German Government to he in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States: that it formally... | |
 | Manfred Jonas - 1985 - 340 страница
...declaration left open for discussion. On April 2 the president addressed a joint session of Congress. With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...war against the Government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; that... | |
 | John Milton Cooper - 1990 - 438 страница
...and a dedicated pacifist. sat with his arms folded and his mouth grimly set. Wilson acknowledged his "profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking." The words "solemn," "tragic," and "grave," cropped up again and again in ways that lent a somber beauty... | |
 | J. W. Schulte Nordholt - 1991 - 532 страница
...tragedy of the whole situation. That tragic aspect also could be clearly seen in his address. He spoke of "a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking," of a "distressing and oppressive duty," of a "fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into... | |
 | 1997 - 338 страница
...sounding the evangelical call that struck deep into the heart of everyone in that crowded chamber."1 With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...war against the government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that... | |
 | Kenneth Hilton - 1999 - 138 страница
...President Wilson standing before a joint session of Congress asking that war be declared against Germany. "I advise that the Congress declare the recent course...war against the government and people of the United States." Two days later the Senate voted 82 to 6 for war. Then, on April 6, the House of Representatives... | |
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