...to which his tall and graceful figure and patrician dignity of bearing gave added force, said, — " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank ; the English lose...

...jurisdiction of the United States, from its source to its mouth. It is not strange that Livingston exclaimed: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." Napoleon also appreciated the importance of the cession, and is said to have remarked: " I have just...

...rival that will humble her pride." Of it the eminent statesman, Robert Livingston, said : " Will ave lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts, and will prepare ages of happiness for innumerable...

...then known as Louisiana. Livingston remarked to the plenipotentiaries after the treaty was signed : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives." The story of the negotiations that terminated in this sale is full of romance. Bonaparte, Talleyrand,...

...ministers rose, shook hands, and Mr. Livingston, expressing the satisfaction which they felt, said : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of...this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank ; — the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America....

...one of the United States commission, said in regard to it, " equally advantageous to both parties, to the two contracting parties; it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts." The prophecy of the former was from a soldier's standpoint, and that of the latter was the judgment...

...Literature, IV. 25, or in Weems' Washington. 6. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE (1803; UNDER JEFFERSON'S PRESIDENCY). We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of...whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed . . . will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day the United States take their...

...Livingston, who, with James Monroe, was one of the commissioners making the purchase', afterward said, " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." Napoleon also, who, while he felt the necessity of the sale, saw the vast importance of the region,...

...doubled the area of the United States. Concerning this purchase Livingston is said to have exclaimed: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives." And Napoleon is said to have remarked: "I have just given to England a maritime rival that will, sooner...

...then struck his colors. He reported to the government, " We have been unfortunate, but not disgraced." We Have Lived Long, but This is the Noblest Work of Our Whole Lives. — This remark was made by Robert R. Livingston after the Louisiana purchase in 1803. (See Annexations...