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... idea of his own fame and what it meant , for he did not have a secretary until he found not only that he could not arrange his immense mass of papers , but that he could not even keep up with his daily letters . His cor- respondence ...
... idea of his own fame and what it meant , for he did not have a secretary until he found not only that he could not arrange his immense mass of papers , but that he could not even keep up with his daily letters . His cor- respondence ...
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... idea of the occupations which filled Washing- ton's time , and the only wonder is that he dealt with them so easily and effectively . Yet the greatest and most important work , that which most deeply absorbed his mind , and which ...
... idea of the occupations which filled Washing- ton's time , and the only wonder is that he dealt with them so easily and effectively . Yet the greatest and most important work , that which most deeply absorbed his mind , and which ...
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... idea assumed much larger proportions and a much graver aspect . He perceived in it the first step toward the empire which he foresaw , and when he had laid down his sword and awoke in the peace- ful morning at Mount Vernon , " with a ...
... idea assumed much larger proportions and a much graver aspect . He perceived in it the first step toward the empire which he foresaw , and when he had laid down his sword and awoke in the peace- ful morning at Mount Vernon , " with a ...
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... idea of taking money for what he regarded as part of a great public policy . " I would wish , " he said , " that every individual who may hear that it was a favorite plan of mine may know also that I had no other motive for promoting it ...
... idea of taking money for what he regarded as part of a great public policy . " I would wish , " he said , " that every individual who may hear that it was a favorite plan of mine may know also that I had no other motive for promoting it ...
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... idea . There is something entirely frank and human in the way in which he says " George Wash- ington , " instead of using the first pronoun singu- lar . He always saw facts as they were ; he under- stood the fact called " George ...
... idea . There is something entirely frank and human in the way in which he says " George Wash- ington , " instead of using the first pronoun singu- lar . He always saw facts as they were ; he under- stood the fact called " George ...
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Seite 26 - we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the state governments extends over the several States." Thus with unerring judgment he put his finger on the vital point in the whole
Seite 20 - Fourth. The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies ; to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity ; and in some instances to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the
Seite 137 - as it is essential to the due administration of the government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Seite 39 - and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York, with the best disposition to render service to my country, in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Seite 26 - the need of a national government that should deal with the individual citizens of the whole country and not with the States. " To be fearful," he continued, " of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity and madness.
Seite 119 - submit; and you, gentlemen, are at liberty to make these sentiments known as the grounds of my procedure. While I feel the most lively gratitude for the many instances of approbation from my country, I can no otherwise deserve it than by obeying the dictates of my conscience. With due respect, I am,
Seite 151 - shall have traced the origin and progress of the insurrection, let them determine whether it has not been fomented by combinations of men, who, careless of consequences, and disregarding the unerring truth, that those who rouse cannot always appease a civil convulsion, have disseminated, from an ignorance or perversion of facts, suspicions, jealousies, and accusations of the whole government.
Seite 118 - GENTLEMEN : In every act of my administration I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook all personal, local, and partial considerations ; to contemplate the United States as one great whole ; to confide that sudden impressions, and erroneous, would yield to candid
Seite 137 - should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Seite 16 - ought to be no object with us. On the contrary, until we have a little time allowed to open and make easy the ways between the Atlantic States and the western territory, the obstructions had better remain." He was right in describing himself as " singular " in his views on this matter, which