 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...many months of fiery trial and sacrifice 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 seems to be in the balance; but right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1917 - 592 pages
...champions of the rights of mankind. 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...we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments,... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 706 pages
...spokesman of mankind. "It is a fearful thing," he says, "to lead this great peaceful people into wax, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars,...for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their... | |
 | Kindergarten - 1917 - 590 pages
...either side of it. THE DAY HAS COME 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...we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments,... | |
 | 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
...m«ny months of fiery trial and sacrifice 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. Civilisation itself seems to be in the balance ; but right is mor« precious than peace, and we shall... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 566 pages
...performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead oi us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful...we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania Society of New York - Bibliography - 1918 - 312 pages
...used ifi 1778. And President Wilson continued : "Civilization itself seems to be in the balance, but right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight...which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy . . . for the rights and liberties of small nations, for the universal dominion of right... | |
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But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and... 
