 | Machinery - 1916 - 1274 pages
...may be the birthplace of such a man as Washington, no climate can claim, no country can appropriate him — the boon of Providence to the human race,...defeat of our arms and the disgrace of our policy, we almost bless the convulsion in which he had his origin. If the Heaven thundered and the earth rocked,... | |
 | Gregg D. Kimball - History - 2003 - 400 pages
...Washington — In the language of one of Erin's sons 'No people can claim, no country can appropriate him. The boon of Providence to the human race. His fame is eternal, his residence creation.' " The resonance of Washington as the supreme symbol of American liberty... | |
 | John C. Shields - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 482 pages
...August 31, 1837). In the next several lines, Phillips invokes the name of "WASHINGTON" and remarks, "The boon of Providence to the human race, his fame is eternity, and his residence creation." After this stirring assignment of divinity to Washington, Phillips asserts, "In the production of Washington,... | |
 | 1835 - 782 pages
...may be the birth place ofsuch a man as Washington. No climate can claim, no country can appropriate him — the boon of Providence to the human race —...his fame is eternity, and his residence creation. In the production of Washington it does really appear, as if nature was endeavoring to improve upon... | |
 | 1899 - 806 pages
...may be the birthplace of such a man as Washington, no climate can claim, no country can appropriate him, the boon of Providence to the human race. His fame is eternity, and his residence creation. — Charles Phillips. "Never was soldier, stateman, and nature's nobleman combined more perfectly in... | |
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I see you anticipate me—I see you concur with me, that it matters very little what immediate spot may be the birth-place of such a man as WASHINGTON. No people can claim, no country can appropriate him; the boon of Providence to the human race, his... 
