 | Homer Clyde Stuntz - 1904 - 534 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila; then Luzon; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...this way — I don't know how it was, but it came: (i) That we could not give them back to Spain — that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) That... | |
 | Homer Clyde Stuntz - 1904 - 528 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila; then Luzon; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...than one night. And one night late it came to me this way—I do n't know how it was, but it came: (1) That we could not give them back to Spain—that would... | |
 | John Bancroft Devins - 1905 - 556 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila ; then Luzon ; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for b'ght and guidance more than one night. "And one night late it came to me this way — I don't know... | |
 | Amos Elwood Corning - 1907 - 239 ページ
...ministers and friends who called upon him at the White House, and when discussing the Philippines: "I walked the floor of the White House night after...gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed for light and guidance more than one night before the answer came, but when it came I was satisfied."... | |
 | William Nicholas Willis - 1913 - 330 ページ
...forthcoming. Then he appealed to a higher power than selfish man. I'll use the President's own words : " I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went...knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance for more than one night. And one night it came to me this way — I don't know how it was, but it came... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 476 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila; then Luzon; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...this way — I don't know how it was, but it came: (i) That we could not give them back to Spain — that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) that... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 486 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila; then Luzon; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...this way — I don't know how it was, but it came: (i) That we could not give them back to Spain — that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) that... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 462 ページ
...floor of the White House night after i Anight until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell \ y° u > gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and \prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more ithan one night. And one night late it came to me [this way— I don't know how it was, but it came:... | |
 | Charles Edward Locke - 1919 - 228 ページ
...be made concerning the Philippines, which had suddenly fallen into the lap of this republic, said: "I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight, and then went down on my knees and asked God for light and guidance; and it came to me that there was nothing... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1922 - 454 ページ
...little help. I thought first we would take only Manila ; then Luzon ; then other islands, perhaps, also. I walked the floor of the White House night after...tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees 1 Foreign Relations, 1898, 937. and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night.... | |
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I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. 
