Joseph Hume Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans – which the corn laws in a great measure do – and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries. – Joseph Hume
John C Calhoun Restore, without delay, the equilibrium between revenue and expenditures, which has done so much to destroy our credit and derange the whole fabric of government. If that should not be done, the government and country will be involved, ere long, in overwhelming difficulties. – John C Calhoun
Jean Paul There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. – Jean Paul
Edward McKendree Bounds The preachers who gain mighty results for God are the men who have prevailed in their pleadings with God ere venturing to plead with men. – Edward McKendree Bounds
Charles Lyell That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect. – Charles Lyell
