An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesThomas & Sturtevant, Sold by Thomas and Andrews, 1807 - 552 Seiten |
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... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me at any other time than this of imminent danger , to re- sign , without one hesitating moment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me at any other time than this of imminent danger , to re- sign , without one hesitating moment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
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... cause , and have stronger probability of success ; we should be free from the many alarms , mischiefs and murders that now attend us ; we should inspirit the hearts of our few Indian friends , and gain more esteem with them . In short ...
... cause , and have stronger probability of success ; we should be free from the many alarms , mischiefs and murders that now attend us ; we should inspirit the hearts of our few Indian friends , and gain more esteem with them . In short ...
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... cause to any one , much less to that gentleman , to reflect so grossly . I say , if it be possi- ble that could descend so low , as to be the prop- agator of this story , he must either be vastly igno- rant of the state of affairs in ...
... cause to any one , much less to that gentleman , to reflect so grossly . I say , if it be possi- ble that could descend so low , as to be the prop- agator of this story , he must either be vastly igno- rant of the state of affairs in ...
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... cause . I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their ap- probation . " But lest some unlucky event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I beg it may be re- membered by every ...
... cause . I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their ap- probation . " But lest some unlucky event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I beg it may be re- membered by every ...
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... causes occasioned numerous and complicated embarrassments to the Commander in Chief . The appointment of General WASHINGTON was universally approved . On his journey to head quarters , he met with the most affectionate attention , and ...
... causes occasioned numerous and complicated embarrassments to the Commander in Chief . The appointment of General WASHINGTON was universally approved . On his journey to head quarters , he met with the most affectionate attention , and ...
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Seite 489 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Seite 489 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Seite 485 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight,) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.
Seite 486 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Seite 490 - Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The Nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the Government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The Government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject...
Seite 478 - The east. in a like intercourse with the west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort — and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence,...
Seite 479 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. In this sense it is that your union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Seite 476 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Seite 487 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens.
Seite 370 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the 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 to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...