George Washington, Band 2Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... 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 came from all parts of his own coun try , and of Europe as well ...
... 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 came from all parts of his own coun try , and of Europe as well ...
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... secretary of the convention , and retired to meditate upon the momentous work which had been exe- cuted . " It is a simple sentence , but how much it means . The world would be glad to - day to know what the thoughts were which filled ...
... secretary of the convention , and retired to meditate upon the momentous work which had been exe- cuted . " It is a simple sentence , but how much it means . The world would be glad to - day to know what the thoughts were which filled ...
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... Secretary of War under the new arrangement . It was a nat- ural and excellent selection . Knox was a distin- guished soldier , he had served well through the Revolution , and Washington was warmly attached to him . He was not a ...
... Secretary of War under the new arrangement . It was a nat- ural and excellent selection . Knox was a distin- guished soldier , he had served well through the Revolution , and Washington was warmly attached to him . He was not a ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury . It is one of the familiar marks of greatness to know how to choose the right men to perform the tasks which no man , either in war or peace , can complete single - handed . Napoleon's marshals were ...
... Secretary of the Treasury . It is one of the familiar marks of greatness to know how to choose the right men to perform the tasks which no man , either in war or peace , can complete single - handed . Napoleon's marshals were ...
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... Secretary of State his intercourse had been , so far as we can judge , almost wholly of a public char- acter , and so far as can be inferred from an expres- sion of some years before , the selection was made by Washington in deference ...
... Secretary of State his intercourse had been , so far as we can judge , almost wholly of a public char- acter , and so far as can be inferred from an expres- sion of some years before , the selection was made by Washington in deference ...
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Seite 24 - You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
Seite 319 - ... to do away with local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils. Looking anxiously forward to the accomplishment of so desirable an object as this is (in my estimation), my mind has not been able to contemplate any plan more likely to effect the measure than the establishment of a UNIVERSITY in a central part of the United States, to which the...
Seite 22 - I do not conceive 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.
Seite 319 - I proceed after this recital, for the more correct understanding of the case, to declare; that, as it has always been a source of serious regret with me, to see the youth of these United States sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education, often before their minds were formed, or they had imbibed any adequate ideas of the happiness of their own ; contracting too frequently, not only habits of dissipation and extravagance, but principles unfriendly to republican government...
Seite 240 - I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government, bring a man into any office of consequence knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures, which the general government are pursuing ; for this, in my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide.
Seite 16 - With this conviction of the importance of the present Crisis, silence in me would be a crime; I will therefore speak to your Excellency, the language of freedom and of sincerity, without disguise; I am aware, however...
Seite 29 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair ; the event is in the hand of God.
Seite 34 - Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is that an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace. The next will be drawn in blood.
Seite 17 - And, although the General has so frequently given it as his opinion in the most public and explicit manner, that, unless the principles of the Federal Government were properly supported, and the powers of the Union increased, the honor, dignity, and justice of the nation, would be lost...
Seite 49 - His Highness the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties," or simply "The President of the United States"?