 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 662 pages
...Solomon and his Harem, and oblige us to continue acquiescence under the ' A/JMV^UO-^ •ytvio; tunu-i which Theognis complains of, and to content ourselves...missile death, bodily strength, like beauty, good humour, politeness, and other accomplishments, has become but an auxiliary ground of distinction. There... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...Solomon and his Harem, and oblige us to continue acquiescence under the ' Af*au{«r»; fws ao-r«o' which Theognis complains of, and to content ourselves...missile death, bodily strength, like beauty, good humour, politeness, and other accomplishments has become but an auxiliary ground of distinction. There... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 632 pages
...natural aristocracy among men, the grounds of which are virtue and talents. " Formerly," he says, " bodily powers gave place among the aristoi. But since...gunpowder has armed the weak as well as the strong with missiles of death, bodily strength, like beauty, good humour, politeness, and other accomplishments,... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...of which are virtue and talents. "Formerly," he says, "bodily powers gave place among the aristai. But since the invention of gunpowder has armed the weak as well as the strong with missiles of death, bodily strength, like beauty, good humour, politeness, and other accomplishments,... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - United States - 1866 - 716 pages
...independence, the great republican leader took yet higher and nobler ground. " I agree with you," he said, " that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. . . . There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or... | |
 | Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 542 pages
...Jefferson's Works, vol. vp 115. Jefferson once said, and in this far be it from me to contradict him, ' There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talent. The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction,... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - United States - 1877 - 364 pages
...an essay than a letter, — written after both had filled the office of President, Jefferson says, "I agree with you, that there is a natural aristocracy...among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. . . . This natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction,... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - United States - 1877 - 362 pages
...an essay than a letter, — written after both had filled the office of President, Jefferson says, " I agree with you, that there is a natural aristocracy among men. Tile grounds of this are virtue and talents. . . . This natural aristocracy I consider as the most... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1898 - 580 pages
...Solomon and his Harem, and oblige us to continue acquiescence under the "Apctvpooais yeveos aaroov" which Theognis complains of, and to content ourselves...accomplishments, has become but an auxiliary ground for distinction. There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth, without either... | |
 | Nicholas Paine Gilman - Christian socialism - 1893 - 392 pages
...Jefferson and John Adams had a common faith in a natural, as distinguished from an artificial, aristocracy: "I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy...among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. . . . This natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction,... | |
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There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents ; for with these it would belong to the first class. 
