A diffidence, perhaps too just, in my own qualifications, will teach me to look with reverence to the examples of public virtue left by my illustrious predecessors, and with veneration to the lights that flow from the mind that founded, and the mind that... Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania - Page 1641829Full view - About this book
| Samuel Gordon Heiskell - Tennessee - 1921 - 852 pages
...service more on the integrity and zeal of the public officers than on their numbers. "A difference, perhaps too just, in my own qualifications will teach...from the mind that founded and the mind that reformed our system. The same difference induces me to hope for instructions and for the indulgence and support... | |
| Andrew Jackson - Biography & Autobiography - 1980 - 864 pages
...depending for the advancement of the public service, more on the ability and virtue of the public officers, than on their numbers. A diffidence, perhaps too just,...the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed our system. The same diffidence induces me to hope for enlightenment and aid from the coordinate branches... | |
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1858 - 604 pages
...for the advancement of the public service, more on the integrity and y.eal of the public officers, •than on their numbers. " A diffidence, perhaps...the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed our system. The same diffidence induces me to hope for instruction and aid from the coordinate 3TO... | |
| 1829 - 442 pages
...integrity and zealot the public officers, than on thefr numbers. A diffidence, perhaps too' just, in my onw qualifications will teach me to look with reverence...predecessors, and with veneration to the lights that flow Irom the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed, our system. The same diffidence induces me... | |
| Samuel Perkins - United States - 1830 - 458 pages
...support. In his inaugural, the president informs the people, " that he shall look to the examples of his illustrious predecessors, and with veneration to the...the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed our system," referring to Washington and Jefferson. The example of the former was unfortunate for the... | |
| United States - 1829 - 462 pages
...integrity and zeal ol the public officers, than on their numbers. A diffidence, perhaps too just, in my onw qualifications will teach me to look with reverence...public virtue left by my illustrious predecessors, SUM! with veneration to the lights that во« Irom the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed,... | |
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