A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.


Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)


A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.