Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 32
... honor do more suffer by attempting a good end by bad means , than by at- tempting both a bad end , and by bad means . For bad ends are suitable to bad means ; they are alike - and it doth not immedi- ately as such concern thy honor ...
... honor do more suffer by attempting a good end by bad means , than by at- tempting both a bad end , and by bad means . For bad ends are suitable to bad means ; they are alike - and it doth not immedi- ately as such concern thy honor ...
Page 34
... honor , and preferment are things extrinsical , and have no ingredience into the man . His value and estimate be- fore , and under , and after his greatness is still the same in itself— as the counter that now stands for a penny , anon ...
... honor , and preferment are things extrinsical , and have no ingredience into the man . His value and estimate be- fore , and under , and after his greatness is still the same in itself— as the counter that now stands for a penny , anon ...
Page 41
... honor , and obey your natural parents . ❝53 . Let your recreations be manful , not sinful . " 54. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celes- tial fire , called conscience . " These rules show an instinctive and ...
... honor , and obey your natural parents . ❝53 . Let your recreations be manful , not sinful . " 54. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celes- tial fire , called conscience . " These rules show an instinctive and ...
Page 69
... honor , without truth , ready to promise any thing for those who are liberal to them , but at the same time ungrateful , and without thankfulness . " Father Charlevoix , descending the Mississippi in 1722 , though con- stantly ...
... honor , without truth , ready to promise any thing for those who are liberal to them , but at the same time ungrateful , and without thankfulness . " Father Charlevoix , descending the Mississippi in 1722 , though con- stantly ...
Page 99
... honor of the governor general of New France they received the name of Fort Duquesne . Ensign Ward was accompanied to Will's creek by two Indian warriors , sent by Tanacharisson , to ascertain the intentions of Washington and the number ...
... honor of the governor general of New France they received the name of Fort Duquesne . Ensign Ward was accompanied to Will's creek by two Indian warriors , sent by Tanacharisson , to ascertain the intentions of Washington and the number ...
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