Character Portraits of Washington as Delineated by Historians, Orators and Divines: Selected and Arranged in Chronological Order with Biographical Notes and ReferencesR. M. Lindsay, 1887 - 351 Seiten |
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... judgment , the permanence of our constitutional experiment ; and , to its firmness and patriotism , our position as a nation . All Americans should study and venerate it . At all times and places , in peace and in war , in tumult and in ...
... judgment , the permanence of our constitutional experiment ; and , to its firmness and patriotism , our position as a nation . All Americans should study and venerate it . At all times and places , in peace and in war , in tumult and in ...
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... judgment , calmness and temper for deliberation , with invincible firm- ness and perseverance in resolutions maturely formed , drawing infor- mation from all , acting from himself , with incorruptible integrity and unvarying patriotism ...
... judgment , calmness and temper for deliberation , with invincible firm- ness and perseverance in resolutions maturely formed , drawing infor- mation from all , acting from himself , with incorruptible integrity and unvarying patriotism ...
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... judgment was always clear , because his mind was pure . And seldom , if ever , will a sound understanding be met with in the company of a corrupt heart . In the strength of judgment lay , indeed , one chief excellence of his character ...
... judgment was always clear , because his mind was pure . And seldom , if ever , will a sound understanding be met with in the company of a corrupt heart . In the strength of judgment lay , indeed , one chief excellence of his character ...
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... judgment sober , deliberate , and sound . He was a man of the strictest honor and hon- esty , fair and honorable in his dealings ; and punctual to his engage- ments . His disposition was mild , kind , and generous . Candour , sin ...
... judgment sober , deliberate , and sound . He was a man of the strictest honor and hon- esty , fair and honorable in his dealings ; and punctual to his engage- ments . His disposition was mild , kind , and generous . Candour , sin ...
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... judgment , ( and he discovered as few as any man ) we know of no blemishes in his virtue . He was the patriot without reproach : he loved his country well enough to hold his suc- cess in serving it an ample recompense . Thus far self ...
... judgment , ( and he discovered as few as any man ) we know of no blemishes in his virtue . He was the patriot without reproach : he loved his country well enough to hold his suc- cess in serving it an ample recompense . Thus far self ...
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