 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 700 pages
...man conceives great enterprises and labors to complete them. " Success he hopes, and fate he can not fear." It is God that sets the limits to human life,...and underneath are the ashes of JEFFERSON. Read the epitaph—it is the sage's claim to immortality: — " Author of the Declaration of Independence and... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 706 pages
...man conceives great enterprises and labors to complete them. " Success he hopes, and fate he can not fear." It is God that sets the limits to human life,...block of granite, and underneath are the ashes of JEFFEESON. Read the epitaph — it is the sage's claim to immortality : — " Author of the Declaration... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 pages
...anthems which recited the faith, and the virtue, and the endurance of Ireland were his becoming requiem. But has not O'Connell done more than enough for fame...granite, and underneath are the ashes of Jefferson. Bead the epitaph, — it is the sage's claim to immortality : " Author of the Declaration of Independence,... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1878 - 278 pages
...cannot fear." It is God who has set the limits to human life and the bounds to human transactions. But has not O'Connell done more than enough for fame...under a green old oak, is a block of granite, and beneath it are tho ashes of Jefferson. Read the epitaph. It is his claim to immortality: "Author of... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1887 - 728 pages
...man conceives great enterprises and labors to complete them. " Success he hopes, and fate he can not fear." It is God that sets the limits to human life,...block of granite, and underneath are the ashes of JEFFEKSON. Head the epitaph — it is the sage's claim to immortality: — " Author of the Declaration... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1989 - 228 pages
...the hall of his abode while living, contained this inscription, "Here lies buried, Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, and of the Statute for Religious Freedom, and Founder of the University of Virginia." ' Not far from this was an oil painting, containing... | |
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O'Connell done more than enough for fame ? On the lofty brow of Monticello, under a green old oak, is a block of granite, and underneath are the ashes of JEFFERSON. Read the epitaph—it is the sage's claim to immortality: — " Author of the Declaration... 