 | Marcel Dorigny - 2003 - 390 頁
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons.'43 Yet Jefferson was not wholly devoid of hostility to the institution itself. Above all, he... | |
 | Patriot Hall - 2004 - 346 頁
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. " Excerpt from a letter by Thomas Jefferson, To John Holmes Monticello, April... | |
 | R. B. Bernstein - 2004 - 258 頁
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consoliation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the... | |
 | Thomas Fleming - 2004 - 280 頁
...that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons." Extremism in Defense of Liberty The former president signed this depressing missive, truthfully, "as... | |
 | Voltairine de Cleyre, Sharon Presley, Crispin Sartwell - 2005 - 352 頁
...that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of'76 to acquire self-government and happiness to their...only consolation is to be that I shall not live to see it." And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern... | |
 | Edward Stringham - 2007 - 718 頁
...that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of '76 to acquire self-government and happiness to their...only consolation is to be that I shall not live to see it." And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern... | |
 | Daniel Walker Howe - 2007 - 926 頁
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it.88 These sad words have often been quoted out of context. Jefferson wrote... | |
 | Robert Pierce Forbes - 2009 - 380 頁
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away,... | |
 | Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 頁
...am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776 ... is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. ... I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my... | |
 | Lorri Glover - 2007 - 276 頁
...that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons."" The post-revolutionary generation assumed the mantle of leadership as national political struggles... | |
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I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that... 
