 | George Washington - 1835 - 568 Seiten
...proximity, and by the ease with which land transportation may be had between them and the Lakes on one side, and the Rivers Potomac and James on the...dictate what is right and proper to be done. In the mean while, if it should be thought that the lapse of time, which is necessary to effect this work,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 Seiten
...proximity, and by the ease with which land transportation may be had between them and the Lakes on one side, and the Rivers Potomac and James on the...dictate what is right and proper to be done. In the mean while, if it should be thought that the lapse of time, which is necessary to effect this work,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...similar survey of the rivers west of the Ohio as far as Detroit. " These things being done," said he, " I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legislature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 Seiten
...similar survey of the rivers west of the Ohio as far as Detroit. " These things being done," said he, " I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legfslature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 Seiten
...similar survey of the rivers west of the Ohio as far as Detroit. "These things being done," said he, "I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legislature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 576 Seiten
...proximity, and by the ease with which land transportation may be had between them and the Lakes on one side, and the Rivers Potomac and James on the...dictate what is right and proper to be done. In the mean while, if it should be thought that the lapse of time, which is necessary to effect this work,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 Seiten
...similar survey of the rivers west of the Ohio as far as Detroit. " These things being done," said he, " I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legislature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 632 Seiten
...similar survey of the rivers west of the Ohio as far as Detroit. " These things being done," said he, " I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legislature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1853 - 752 Seiten
...Ohio, as far as Detroit. " These things being done," said he, " I shall be mistaken if preju- || dice does not yield to facts, jealousy to candor, and finally,...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." The governor laid this letter before the legislature. It was the first suggestion of the great system... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 564 Seiten
...transportation between them and the James and Potomac Rivers. " These things being done," he said, " I shall be mistaken if prejudice does not yield to...not dictate what is right and proper to be done." (Writings of Washington, IX. 65.) This suggestion was adopted, and a commission appointed. tween the... | |
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In a word, let the waters east and west of the Ohio, which invite our notice by their proximity, and by the ease with which land transportation may be had between them and the Lakes on one side, and the Rivers Potomac and James on the other, be explored,... 
