On the record
Barbarous and stupid Xerxes, how vain was all thy toil to cover the Hellespont with a floating bridge!
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the futility of Xerxes' efforts in a historical context, emphasizing the limits of power.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
Other voices in this conversation
