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" The resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which... "
The Half Century: Its History, Political and Social - Page 147
by Washington Wilks - 1852 - 344 pages
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 12

1828 - 498 pages
...necessary, every month of peace that has since passed has but made us so much the more capable of exertion. The resources created by peace are means of war. In...than the state of inertness and inactivity in which 1 have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your town is a proof that they are devoid...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 12

Great Britain - 1828 - 526 pages
...necessary, every month of peace that has since passed has but made us so much the more capable of exertion. The resources created by peace are means of war. In...more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertnes* and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 12

Great Britain - 1828 - 628 pages
...repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which 1 have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your town is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen,...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...the mountains of Zion." Example 14. The following is from Canning's Speech at Portsmouth, England. "Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof that they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know how soon one...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, Volume 2

1829 - 476 pages
...necessary, every month of peace that has since passed has made us so much the more capable of exertion. The resources created by peace are means of war; in...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of our inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty...
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Memoirs of George the Fourth: Descriptive of the Most Interesting ..., Volume 2

Robert Huish - 1830 - 466 pages
...Canning at a dinner at which he presided in the town of Plymouth. ' Our present repose,' he said, ' is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state...mighty masses that float in the waters above your town (Plymouth) is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You...
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...feelings by our duty, let it not be said that we cultivate peace, because we are unprepared for war. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty war-ships, that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable George Canning ...

John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...cherishing those resonrces, we bnt accumulais those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of onr inability to act, than the state of inertness and...inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses »hat float in the waters above yo«r town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and Incapable of...
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The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, from ..., Volume 1

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 512 pages
...capable of exertion. " The resources created by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our...float in the waters above your town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, • At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet...
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The political life of ... George Canning, from ... 1822 to ... 1827, Volume 1

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 510 pages
...capable of exertion. " The resources created by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our...float in the waters above your town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, * At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet for...
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