Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 3Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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... wrote a letter to the president of Congress , in which he expressed his sorrow and indignation that a mob of men , " con- temptible in number , and equally so in point of service , and not worthy to be called soldiers , " should have so ...
... wrote a letter to the president of Congress , in which he expressed his sorrow and indignation that a mob of men , " con- temptible in number , and equally so in point of service , and not worthy to be called soldiers , " should have so ...
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... wrote after his retirement from office - in which he said : " The scene is at last closed . I am now a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac . I feel myself eased of a load of public care . I hope to spend the remainder of my days ...
... wrote after his retirement from office - in which he said : " The scene is at last closed . I am now a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac . I feel myself eased of a load of public care . I hope to spend the remainder of my days ...
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... wrote to Madam Lafayette , saying : - " Freed from the clangor of arms and the bustle of a camp , from the cares of public employment and the responsibility of office , I am now enjoying domestic ease under the shadow of my own vine and ...
... wrote to Madam Lafayette , saying : - " Freed from the clangor of arms and the bustle of a camp , from the cares of public employment and the responsibility of office , I am now enjoying domestic ease under the shadow of my own vine and ...
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... wrote to General Knox on the twentieth of February , " it is nevertheless true , that it was not till lately I could get the better of my usual custom of rumina- ting , as soon as I waked in the morning , on the business of the en ...
... wrote to General Knox on the twentieth of February , " it is nevertheless true , that it was not till lately I could get the better of my usual custom of rumina- ting , as soon as I waked in the morning , on the business of the en ...
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... wrote in February , 1785 , when transmitting to him a mass of papers which he had received from the pious Countess of Huntington , explaining her scheme for Christianizing the American Indians : " Many mistakingly think that I am ...
... wrote in February , 1785 , when transmitting to him a mass of papers which he had received from the pious Countess of Huntington , explaining her scheme for Christianizing the American Indians : " Many mistakingly think that I am ...
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Page 386 - ... 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 383 - 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 386 - 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 385 - 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 386 - 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 383 - 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 385 - 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 385 - 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.