Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish,... Lectures on Mental and Moral Culture - Página 109por Samuel Penniman Bates - 1860 - 319 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Warren Choate Shaw - 1922 - 488 páginas
...our land. . . . " Sir, you may destroy this little institution, it is weak ; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary...You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which for more than a century have thrown their radiance over our land. It... | |
| Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1922 - 386 páginas
...was a "humble institution"; that it was a "little institution"; that it was "weak," and that it was one of the "lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country"; but into that argument Webster put all the ardor of his mighty intellect, and secured from the Supreme... | |
| George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington - 1925 - 638 páginas
...our land. . . . " Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak ; it is in your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary...of our country. You may put it out. But if you do you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights... | |
| Celian Ufford - 1928 - 360 páginas
...do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science, which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land 1 "It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those who love it." Chapter XVII... | |
| Frederick Rudolph - 2011 - 596 páginas
...their discretion shall see fit? Sir, you may destroy this little institution . . . , but if you do ... you must extinguish, one after another, all those...more than a century, have thrown their radiance over the land! It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those that love it. . . .'... | |
| Robert A. Licht - 1993 - 224 páginas
...their discretion, shall see fit? Sir, you may destroy this little institution . . . , but if you do ... you must extinguish, one after another, all those...more than a century, have thrown their radiance over the land! It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those that love it. 12 Chief... | |
| Robert Vincent Remini - 1997 - 830 páginas
...Justice Marshall. Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is weak, it is in your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary...You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!... | |
| Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 páginas
...shall see fit? Sir, you may destroy this little institution. . . . You may put it out; but if you do, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all these great lights of science, which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our... | |
| Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport, D. Bruce Johnstone - 2001 - 378 páginas
...March 10, 1818, said: "Sir, you may wish to destroy this little institution . . . , but if you do ... you must extinguish, one after another, all those...more than a century, have thrown their radiance over the land! It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those that love it" (quoted... | |
| Gregg David Crane - 2002 - 316 páginas
...Marshall, he concluded: Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is weak, it is in your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary...You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!... | |
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