 An idea, strange as it is visionary, has entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is travelling westward; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give law...  Transactions of the Albany Institute - Página 261por Albany Institute - 1883Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1867 - 854 páginas
...entered the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is travelling westward ; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." The elder John Adams wrote that nothing was " more ancient in his... | |
 | 1867 - 784 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is travelling westward: and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when * Gait. Life of West, Vol. I. pp. 116, 117. t John Adams, Works, Vo!. IX. pp. 597-399. America is to... | |
 | 1868 - 394 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is travelling Westward, and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." Through our system of civilization, America is to-day giving her... | |
 | Uriah Smith - 1872 - 186 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is traveling westward ; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." John Adams, Oct. 12, 1775, wrote : — • " Soon after the Reformation,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 214 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is travelling westward : and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world."1 The traveller is none the less an authority for the prevalence... | |
 | 1891 - 800 páginas
...following significant passage: "An idea, strange as it is visionary, has entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is traveling westward;...expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the laws to the rest of the world." The same wise author, in 1796, after America had won her independence,... | |
 | 1888 - 1032 páginas
...both sides of the ocean, " the generality of mankind," were full of this idea, as Burnaby states it, " that empire is traveling westward ; and everyone is...with eager and impatient expectation to that destined movement when America is to give the law to the rest of the world."* WILLIAM BARROWS. 'Burnaby : 'Travels... | |
 | Uriah Smith - 1884 - 234 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is traveling westward ; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." John Adams, Oct. 12, 1775, wrote: — " Soon after the Reformation,... | |
 | Josiah Strong - 1885 - 262 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is traveling westward ; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." Charles Sumner wrote of the " coming time when the whole continent,... | |
 | Josiah Strong - 1885 - 260 páginas
...entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that empire is traveling westward ; and every one is looking forward with eager and impatient expectation to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of the world." Charles Sumner wrote of the " coming time when the whole continent,... | |
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