 It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into...  Proceedings ... - Page 99by New York State Bar Association - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...trusted foundations of political liberty. . . . It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing...ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilization itself... | |
 | 1918 - 740 pages
...April 2, 1917, on the necessity of war with Germany, President Wilson said : It is a fearful tiling to lead this great peaceful people into war, into...civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But tin right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest... | |
 | Humanities - 1926 - 536 pages
...misconception: "The world must be made safe for democracy." The conclusion of the address was an exalted appeal: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious... | |
 | Great Britain - 1918 - 728 pages
...malignant few. " RIGHT is MOKE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE." It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, m«ny months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 566 pages
...will lift it only here and there and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead oi us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and... | |
 | Roady Kenehan - Blacksmithing - 1917 - 614 pages
...United States: "It is a fearful thing to lead this peaceful people into war, into the most fearful and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." The reasons which have made war inevitable are set forth in the words with which the President addressed... | |
 | Rhodes scholarships - 1916 - 414 pages
...THE AMERICAN OXONIAN VOL. IV APEIL, 1917 No. 2 HOW TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY IN THE PRESENT CRISIS "It it a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the mott terrible and disastrous of all wart, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1917 - 520 pages
...it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen...disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to b» in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which... | |
 | Carl William Ackerman - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 336 pages
...will lift it only here and there, and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. "It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen...into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilisation itself seeming to be in the balance. "But the right is more precious than peace, and we... | |
 | C. S. Calodikes - English language - 1917 - 192 pages
...and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. "It is a distressing and oppresive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed...peaceful people into war — into the most terrible and ôèv <Ш.о TÓaov лоХ^, oaov ттiv Taxelav àrtoxaTáaTaoiv TUV OTEVUV a/éaEcov àiwnôaíaç... | |
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