Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Band 3Virtue, 1860 |
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... important a point of light , may think our work too nearly closed , and will fall into a state of languor and relaxation . To prevent this error , I will employ every means in my power , and if unhappily we sink into that fatal mistake ...
... important a point of light , may think our work too nearly closed , and will fall into a state of languor and relaxation . To prevent this error , I will employ every means in my power , and if unhappily we sink into that fatal mistake ...
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... importance of being prepared for another year of active duty in the field . On the tenth of December that body , by reso- lution , made a requisition of men and money from the southern states , and the resolve was warmly seconded by ...
... importance of being prepared for another year of active duty in the field . On the tenth of December that body , by reso- lution , made a requisition of men and money from the southern states , and the resolve was warmly seconded by ...
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... society , with drawings of the orders worn by the members , and the cer- tificate of membership , may be found in the first volume of Lossing's Field - Book of the Revolution . countrymen , topics and opinions of the greatest importance .
... society , with drawings of the orders worn by the members , and the cer- tificate of membership , may be found in the first volume of Lossing's Field - Book of the Revolution . countrymen , topics and opinions of the greatest importance .
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... importance . With admirable skill he drew a picture of the enviable condition and position of the United States , and their citizens , and then re- marked : - " Such is our situation , and such our prospects ; but notwith- standing the ...
... importance . With admirable skill he drew a picture of the enviable condition and position of the United States , and their citizens , and then re- marked : - " Such is our situation , and such our prospects ; but notwith- standing the ...
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... important , Providence has been graciously pleased to preserve the life of a general , who has merited and possessed the uninterrupted confidence and affection of his fellow - citizens . In other nations , many have performed emi- nent ...
... important , Providence has been graciously pleased to preserve the life of a general , who has merited and possessed the uninterrupted confidence and affection of his fellow - citizens . In other nations , many have performed emi- nent ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 388 - ... nation), facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding, with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Seite 384 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Seite 383 - ... without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that in withdrawing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both.
Seite 383 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained...
Seite 388 - So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Seite 387 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Seite 388 - Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.
Seite 385 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
Seite 387 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Seite 387 - Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.