On the record
He had to meet and if possible modify the offensive, determined, and wholly unjust British position by a statement of principles based on fundamental right; and by an assertion of America's just place in the world.
Source
gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “He had to meet and if possible modify the offensive, determined, and wholly unjust British position by a statement of…”
Editor's note · Context
Beveridge describes the challenge faced by the American Secretary of State in addressing Britain's unjust position.
Share
More from Albert Beveridge
The Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser said that "no man has lived or died in this country, save its father George Washington alone, who united such a warmth of affection for his person, with so deep and unaffected a respect for his…
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.
To Marshall reared--the great, the good, the wise; Born for all ages, honored in all skies; His was the fame to mortals rarely given, Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on heaven.
Other voices in this conversation
