...things for us, whereof we are glad. — Psalm cxxvi. 3. WASHINGTON, at his first inauguration, said : " No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the...of men more than the people of the United States. " As we look back, we realize that the fears and hopes of the fathers have alike been disappointed....

...assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of in.v fellow citizens less than either. "No people can be bound to acknowledge...than the people of the United States. "Every step cf advancement, seems to have been distinguished by some 'token' of providential agency." No narrow-minded...

...world. Our first President, in his first official act,* well expressed the national sentiment, thus: " No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the...invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent...

...day, with its own distinctive and commanding duties, and cannot atone for the yesterdays unimproved. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of man than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of...

...miracles, of course, have only one origin. "No people," said George Washington m his Inaugural Address, "can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent...

...Great Author of every public and private good" and suggested that Americans, above all peoples, must "acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men." Statements similar to these can be collected in the hundreds — and have been" — to the end of supporting...

...paid respect "to the Great Author of every public and private good," and beckoned the American people to "acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men."472 When he took his oath of office, Washington ad libbed the words "So help me God";473 there...

...sentiments not less than my own;—nor those of my fellowcitizens at large, less than either.—No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible...affairs of men, more than the people of the United States.—Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems...

...we celebrate as "one nation under God," a nation whose founding President, George Washington, said: "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the...of men more than the people of the United States." And so, we have constructed here this symbol of our nation's spiritual life, overlooking the center...

...Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789. In his First Inaugural Address, President Washington observed that "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the...Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States." He noted that the American people — blessed with victory in their fight...