 The power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an extent in comparison with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface.  Political Science Quarterly - Page 2651895Full view - About this book
 | Denys Peter Myers - 1887 - 920 pages
...equanimity. This was thirty yean ago. "The power of this Republic, at the present moment, is spread over :i region, one of the richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an extent iu comparison with which the possessions of the house of Hapsbarg are but as a patch on the earth's... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - 1914 - 450 pages
...one of distinct lordliness. "The power of this republic at the present moment," it was declared, " is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. Its population, already twenty-five millions, will exceed... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 496 pages
...ttieir successful example of free government. * * * "The power of this republic at the present moment is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. Its population — already twenty-five millions — will... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 476 pages
...thrones, or the permission of crowned heads. . . . "The power of this Republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. . . . Nevertheless, the United States have abstained, at... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1922 - 696 pages
...political liberty, its commanding place among the nations, its power "spread out over a region ... in comparison with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg [were] but a patch on the earth's surface." The American people could not "fail to cherish always a lively interest... | |
 | Robert Balmain Mowat - 1925 - 372 pages
...founded." He added (rather unnecessarily), " the power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. Its population, already twenty-five millions, will exceed... | |
 | Paul Revere Frothingham - 1925 - 548 pages
...warm sympathy of the people of this country. . . . The power of this Republic at the present moment is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface .... Nevertheless, the United States have abstained, at all... | |
 | Louis Martin Sears - 1927 - 668 pages
...thrill to the greatness of their country, for "The power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface." " An echo of the Hungarian revolution was the welcome in... | |
 | Samuel Eliot Morison - 1927 - 562 pages
...Young America ' (Amer. Hist. Rev., xxxii. 34). 5 ' The power of this republic at the present moment is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface.' of dissolution,' declared Senator Douglas. ' It is a vast... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1927 - 710 pages
...political liberty, its commanding place among the nations, its power "spread out over a region ... in comparison with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg [were] but a patch on the earth's surface." The American people could not "fail to cherish always a lively interest... | |
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