 Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and...  Gertrude Stein, Writer and Thinker - Page 183by Claudia Franken - 2000 - 393 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 pages
...river gate, borne by the joyous crowd. SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY. MR. PRESIDENT: — It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren till she transforms us into beasts. Is... | |
 | Paul Reeves - 1872 - 236 pages
...Nature have destined it. APPEAL FOR RESISTANCE. — Patrick Hemy. Mr. President: It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of Hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts.... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...HENRY'S CELEBRATED SPEECH IN THE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA. 1. MR. PRESIDENT : — It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.... | |
 | David Henry Hamilton - 1873 - 774 pages
...gloomy and despondent. g. In words familiar to everybody, Patrick Henry says, "It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of Hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms ns into beasts ;... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1875 - 522 pages
...told. His overwhelming eloquence we can but faintly imagine. " Mr. President-It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the songs of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is... | |
 | 1875 - 558 pages
...Пrginia, March, 1775, in favour of resistance by the Colonia. Ma. PRESIDENT — It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut on r eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...Their souls were on fire for action. PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH. 1. Mr. President, it is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...Heaven, which he revered before all earthly kings." " Mr. President," said he, " It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pages
...resistance to Great Britain. Observe that the emphatic pause is freely used. 1. IT is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope\ We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth', and listen to the song of that syren' till she transforms us into beasts1.... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pages
...cruelly and vindictively tyrannous. LESSON 152. AN APPEAL TO ARMS. MR. PRESIDENT : It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is... | |
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