 Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time, by the proceedings now. Now is the seed-time of continental union, faith and honor.  The political works of Thomas Paine - Page 143by Thomas Paine - 1826 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Kevin J. Hayes - Literary Collections - 2008 - 653 pages
...through the North American colonies after its publication in January 1776, with its announcement that "By referring the matter from argument to arms, a...is struck; a new method of thinking hath arisen." Common Sense appeared at the right moment and energized its readers by restating many of the old arguments... | |
 | Mary Agnes Best - Political scientists - 1927 - 496 pages
...now. Now is the seed time of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender...tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters. . . . The authority of Britain over this continent . . . sooner or later must have an end." Delay,... | |
 | Paul Foster - American drama - 1967 - 84 pages
...proceedings now. Now is the seed-time of continental union and faith. The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters. The Cause of America is... | |
 | 238 pages
...on the habitable Globe. It is the seed-time of an union of Humanity. Failure to act now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the name would enlarge with the tree, and years from now would become a readable, full-grown deformed scar... | |
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