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" We might have been a. free and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur and of freedom, it seems, is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will have it. The road to happiness and to glory is open to us too. We will tread it apart from... "
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late ... - Page 7
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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The Declaration of Independence: Its History ...

John Hampden Hazelton - United States - 1906 - 676 pages
...; but a communication e might have been a free & a great people together ; but a communication / g might have been a free and a great People together but a Communication t b c d of grandeur and of freedom, it seems, is below their dignity= be e of grandeur and of freedom,...
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Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American

Thomas Jefferson - Biography & Autobiography - 1970 - 420 pages
...We must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been...to us, too. We will tread it apart from them, and] we must therefore acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our [eternal] separation and hold them...
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American Literature, 1764-1789: The Revolutionary Years

Everett H. Emerson - American literature - 1977 - 328 pages
...peace friends, we might have been a free & a great people together; but a communication of grandeur & of freedom it seems is below their dignity, be it so, since they will have it: the road to glory & happiness is open to us too; we will climb it in a separate state, and acquiesce in the necessity...
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New World Metaphysics: Readings on the Religious Meaning of the American ...

Giles Gunn - Religion - 1981 - 489 pages
...them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have a free and a great people together; but a communication...happiness and to glory is open to us, too. We will tred it apart from them, and] acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our [eternal] separation AND...
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The American Colonies: From Settlement to Independence

Richard C. Simmons - History - 1981 - 452 pages
...freedom," had refused to disavow. "We might have been a free and great people together," he also wrote, "but a communication of grandeur and of freedom, it...since they will have it the road to happiness and glory is open to us too; we will climb it apart from them and acquiesce in the necessity which denounces...
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American Colonial Prose: John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Mary Ann Radzinowicz - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 300 pages
...We must endeavor to forget our farmer love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been a free and agreat people together; but a communication ofgrandeur and of freedom, it seems, is below then-dignity....
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Patriots

A. J. Langguth - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 644 pages
...deleted the "love," retained the threat and went on to cut out the rest of Jefferson's wistful farewell: "We might have been a free and a great people together;...dignity. Be it so, since they will have it: The road to glory and happiness is open to us too; we will climb it in a separate state and acquiesce in the necessity...
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Declaring Independence: Jefferson, Natural Language, and the Culture of ...

Jay Fliegelman - History - 1993 - 296 pages
...brethren, we must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind enemies in war, in peace friends, we might have been...great people together; but a communication of grandeur & of freedom it seems is below their dignity, be it so, since they will have it. the road to happiness...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have a free and a great people together; but a communication...happiness and to glory is open to us, too. We will tred it apart from them, and] acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our [eternal] separation AND...
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Jefferson and Madison: Three Conversations from the Founding

Lance Banning - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 264 pages
...a ~TIC ta rl Q 3 2FC3 1 ucouic LOgCincr. DUL 3 coil i fiiUiiiCdLiori or 2r3riticur oc or rrccooiii it seems is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will have it. The road to happiness iSc to glory is open to us too. We will tread it apart from them, and We must therefore acquiesce in...
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