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Washington proceeded directly from Eltham to Mount Vernon , only halting at
Fredericksburg to see his mother , and join in some public ceremonials there , in
honor of himself and the French officers . But he sought not the quiet of his home
for ...
Washington proceeded directly from Eltham to Mount Vernon , only halting at
Fredericksburg to see his mother , and join in some public ceremonials there , in
honor of himself and the French officers . But he sought not the quiet of his home
for ...
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I felt for him , " wrote the commander - in - chief , “ on many accounts ; and not the
least , when viewing him as a man of honor and sentiment , I considered how
unfortunate it was for him that a wretch who possessed neither , should be the ...
I felt for him , " wrote the commander - in - chief , “ on many accounts ; and not the
least , when viewing him as a man of honor and sentiment , I considered how
unfortunate it was for him that a wretch who possessed neither , should be the ...
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Ær . 51 . ] ANONYMOUS ADRESSES . 17 poverty , wretchedness , and contempt
? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency , and owe the
miserable remnant of that life to charity , which has hitherto been spent in honor ?
Ær . 51 . ] ANONYMOUS ADRESSES . 17 poverty , wretchedness , and contempt
? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency , and owe the
miserable remnant of that life to charity , which has hitherto been spent in honor ?
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... a recollection of the cheerful assistance and prompt obedience I have
experienced from you under every vicissitude of fortune , and the sincere
affection I feel for an army I have so long had the honor to command , will oblige
me to declare ...
... a recollection of the cheerful assistance and prompt obedience I have
experienced from you under every vicissitude of fortune , and the sincere
affection I feel for an army I have so long had the honor to command , will oblige
me to declare ...
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I may be allowed to say , it was the price of their blood , and of your
independency ; it is , therefore , more than a common debt , it is a debt of honor ;
it can never be considered as a pension or gratuity , nor cancelled until it is fairly
discharged .
I may be allowed to say , it was the price of their blood , and of your
independency ; it is , therefore , more than a common debt , it is a debt of honor ;
it can never be considered as a pension or gratuity , nor cancelled until it is fairly
discharged .
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Page 388 - ... nation), facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding, with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Page 384 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 383 - ... without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that in withdrawing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both.
Page 383 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained...
Page 388 - 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.
Page 387 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Page 388 - Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.
Page 385 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
Page 387 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 387 - Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
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| Title | Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 3 Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Rufus Wilmot Griswold |
| Author | Benson John Lossing |
| Publisher | Virtue, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jul 2007 |
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