| John Ehrenberg - 2006 - 224 страници
...in the old. "The general spread of the light of science," said Thomas Jefferson in his last letter, "has already laid open to every view the palpable...has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God."2 Jefferson didn't... | |
| Thomas L. Pangle - 2006 - 200 страници
...of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the...mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nora favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God." 4. The... | |
| William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 страници
...rationalism rather than in faith. "The general spread of the light of science," to use Jefferson's words, "has already laid open to every view the palpable...has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God." 37 3But, of... | |
| John R. Llewellyn - 2006 - 156 страници
...opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of this light of science has already laid open to view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind...has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God. The power these... | |
| Richard Koch, Chris Smith - 2006 - 228 страници
...signal of arousing men to ... assume the blessings and security of self-government . . . [based on] the palpable truth that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them'. The American Revolution, against the British Crown,... | |
| Laura Ingraham - 2006 - 404 страници
...in anonymity and failure. On this point I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in his final letter that "the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God." No one considers... | |
| Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 страници
...Lincoln revered. This was the Jefferson who proclaimed in a famous letter written just before he died that "the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately by the grace of God."9 LINCOLN AND... | |
| Will Morrisey - 2005 - 294 страници
...of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass ot mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready... | |
| David Saxe - 2006 - 223 страници
...expanded his point later, noting that, The mass of mankind [note the use of the universal, inclusive term mankind] has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.20 Even resolving... | |
| Albert Gore - 2007 - 332 страници
...of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the...has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately by the grace of God. 46 It is important... | |
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