"To the lowest degree" Quotes from Famous Books
... system is one of constant danger, distrust, suspicion, and watchfulness. It debases those whose toil alone can produce wealth and resources for defence, to the lowest degree of which human nature is capable, to guard against mutiny and insurrection, and thus wastes energies which otherwise might be employed in ... — American Eloquence, Volume III. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1897) • Various |