 | Frederic William Farrar - 1886 - 392 halaman
...o'er-rushing cloud, And dashed the beauteous terror on the ground, Smiling majestic ; " the other, he who, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," has been called by an English writer "the greatest of good men, and the best of great men," and of... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 halaman
...statesman, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, first president of these United States of America. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " Hero of the 1755 Battle of Monogahela (French & Indian Wars), George Washington served in the historic... | |
 | James R. Dowling - 1995 - 206 halaman
...Unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of [happiness]." 5. Washington: "First in war, first in peace, First in the hearts of his [countrymen]." 6. "'Shoot if you must this old gray head, But spare your country's flag!' she [said]." 7. "From the... | |
 | David Lowenthal - 1998 - 362 halaman
...first-comers Darwin, Bell, and Ford alone got the kudos. Metaphors of priority pervade patriotic maxims. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" was Washington's archetypal accolade. Where you originally come from, says Oliver Goldsmith's The Traveller... | |
 | Marc J. Seifer - 1996 - 578 halaman
...interpreting FDR as having a "messianic complex" and Hitler as "a dynamic genius, and a poet of passion ... first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country-men." Viereck was arrested and indicted on two counts of seditious conspiracy. It was quickly established... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 halaman
...of words he paid tribute to Washington's service to the nation, concluding with the famous refrain: First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen.122 *Washington died of acute tonsillitis at Mount Vernon during the evening of December... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine), Germaine de Staël - 386 halaman
...announcing the death of Washington: It has pleased Divine Providence to remove from our midst this man, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.™ Does not this turning toward Providence show us that in this enlightened country no ridicule is hurled... | |
 | Pete Seeger, Paul Du Bois Jacobs - 2001 - 290 halaman
...dedicated to America's fledgling democracy than to making himse!/a king. This is why he was so loved. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " How many times in history has a general overthrown the establishment and then refused to assume absolute... | |
 | Benjamin Reiss - 2001 - 300 halaman
...progress of our government — she is the sole remaining tie of mortality which connects us to him who was 'first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen' — and as such, we should protect and honor her, and not suffer her to be kept for a show, like a... | |
 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 halaman
...Representative Henry Lee of Virginia — General "Light-Horse Harry" Lee — who extolled Washington as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." When the service ended after four and a half hours, several hundred people crowded into the President's... | |
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799. 
