...no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried the perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people...

...no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of...gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. " When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing...

...no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of...gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. ' When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing...

...English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it had been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are...gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection....

...Atlantic, said in despair that our religion is "the dissidence of dissent." Americans, Burke thought, were "a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood." What makes it so difficult for our own historians to capture and record the American way of life is...

...clime that is not witness of their toils. " Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the " activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm " sagacity of...this " most perilous mode of hardy industry to the 11 extent to which it has been pursued by this " recent people; a people who arc still in their " gristle,...

...1775 on conciliation with the colonies, well described the activity of New England seamen: activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of...gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. Despite her maritime history, however, New England did not monopolize America's shipping after the...

...perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dextrous and firm sagacity of English enterprize, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry...people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the grisde, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. When I contemplate these things; when I know...

...demographic growth, their populations were both comparatively young and extraordinarily dynamic. Still "in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood," in Edmund Burke 's powerful metaphor, colonial populations, Burke observed, "spread from families and...

...No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people who are still, as it...