The Life of George Washington ....Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... thing , a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success , as if we had at- tempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains ...
... thing , a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success , as if we had at- tempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains ...
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... , to common policy , and in short to every thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " If it be possible that Colonel , for my 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1757.
... , to common policy , and in short to every thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " If it be possible that Colonel , for my 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1757.
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... things from appearances , or by the lump . Yet every fool will have his notions , will prattle and talk away ; and why may not I ? We seem then , in my opinion , to act un- der the guidance of an evil genius . The conduct of our leaders ...
... things from appearances , or by the lump . Yet every fool will have his notions , will prattle and talk away ; and why may not I ? We seem then , in my opinion , to act un- der the guidance of an evil genius . The conduct of our leaders ...
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... thing as convenient and agreeable as possible ; but there is a vital and inherent principle of delay , incompatible with military service , in transact- ing business through such various and different chan- nels . I esteem it my duty ...
... thing as convenient and agreeable as possible ; but there is a vital and inherent principle of delay , incompatible with military service , in transact- ing business through such various and different chan- nels . I esteem it my duty ...
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... thing we hold dear , with destruction from foreign troops ; it little becomes the character of a sol . dier to shrink from danger , and condition for new terms . It is the General's intention to indulge both officers and soldiers , who ...
... thing we hold dear , with destruction from foreign troops ; it little becomes the character of a sol . dier to shrink from danger , and condition for new terms . It is the General's intention to indulge both officers and soldiers , who ...
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Page 182 - The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 176 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 184 - If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 180 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 184 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected.
Page 184 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Page 184 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 187 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
Page 178 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 183 - 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.