 | Joseph Edwin Roy - 1888 - 322 Seiten
...to the moral judgment of Jefferson, who, in view of slavery, exclaimed : "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 414 Seiten
...people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that...God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1891 - 382 Seiten
...end of his life, unformly declared his opposition to slavery. " I tremble for my country," said he, " when I reflect that God is just — that his justice...forever." " The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest." In reference to the state of public feeling, as influenced by the... | |
 | S. J. Celestine Edwards - 1891 - 210 Seiten
...1833, leaving America and the Americans to struggle on, though Jefferson had told his countrymen : " Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep for ever ". At last this prophetic declaration was fulfilled, and the down-trodden Negro took up arms... | |
 | John Ernest - 2004 - 452 Seiten
...people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Rufus Burrow - 2003 - 244 Seiten
...people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Scot French - 2004 - 400 Seiten
...gift of God" and that they risked what they had so recently won by denying such liberties to others. Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for even that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Gesa Mackenthun - 2004 - 252 Seiten
...people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2004 - 504 Seiten
...people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."38 THOMAS JEFFERSON, JANUARY I6, I786, VIRGINA STATUTE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: "Almighty God... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 2003 - 324 Seiten
...people that these liberties are the gift of God? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever... 
