George Washington, Band 2Houghton Mifflin, 1924 |
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... human in the way in which he says " George Washington , " instead of using the first pronoun singular . He always saw facts as they were ; he understood the fact called " George Washington " as perfectly as any other , and although he ...
... human in the way in which he says " George Washington , " instead of using the first pronoun singular . He always saw facts as they were ; he understood the fact called " George Washington " as perfectly as any other , and although he ...
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... human . In that hour of silent thought his heart must have swelled with a consciousness that he had led his people through a successful Revolution , and now again from the darkness of political confusion and dissolution to the threshold ...
... human . In that hour of silent thought his heart must have swelled with a consciousness that he had led his people through a successful Revolution , and now again from the darkness of political confusion and dissolution to the threshold ...
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... humanity when the real hero comes to awaken it to life . Such an experience , rightly apprehended , would have impressed any man , and it affected Washington profoundly . He was deeply moved and touched , but he was neither excited nor ...
... humanity when the real hero comes to awaken it to life . Such an experience , rightly apprehended , would have impressed any man , and it affected Washington profoundly . He was deeply moved and touched , but he was neither excited nor ...
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... human happiness by a reasonable compact in civil society . It was to be , in the first instance , in a considerable degree , a government of accommodation as well as a government of laws . Much was to be done by prudence , much by con ...
... human happiness by a reasonable compact in civil society . It was to be , in the first instance , in a considerable degree , a government of accommodation as well as a government of laws . Much was to be done by prudence , much by con ...
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... human nature . Envy and malice will always find a convenient shelter in pretended devotion to the public weal , and will seek revenge for their own lack of success by putting on the cloak of the tribune of the people , and perverting ...
... human nature . Envy and malice will always find a convenient shelter in pretended devotion to the public weal , and will seek revenge for their own lack of success by putting on the cloak of the tribune of the people , and perverting ...
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