 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, — to know the worst, and to provide for it. 2. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 2. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...gratitude and affection for La Fayette. 37. BATTLE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. Henry. Mr. President, — I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...gratitude and affection for La Fayette. 37. BATTLE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. Henry. Mr. President, — I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing 10 to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by 15 the past, I wish to know... | |
 | 1909 - 844 pages
...optimistic. "if this be treason, make the most of it!" We learned at school the words of Patrick Henry, "l have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience"; and surely our experience in the past compels us to be hopeful of the future, not selfishly, but as... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 264 pages
...time you hear us, That praise has but sharpen'd our relish for books. LESSON LXXXI. WE MUST FIGHT. I HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...time you hear us, That praise has but sharpen'd our relish for books. LESSON LXXXI. WE MUST FIGHT. I HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way °f Ju^ging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what... | |
 | 1845 - 564 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the w(iole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what... | |
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. 
