The Life of George Washington ....Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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الصفحة 11
... manliness of his disposition were early displayed among his young companions , and the commanding influence of his character was first dis covered by his ascendency over them . The patrimonial estate of Mr. Washington was small . After.
... manliness of his disposition were early displayed among his young companions , and the commanding influence of his character was first dis covered by his ascendency over them . The patrimonial estate of Mr. Washington was small . After.
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... influence to deter the American Government from the adoption of permanent military establish- ments ; although the recommendations of Congress , and the regulations of State Conventions had , in the day of enthusiasm , the force of law ...
... influence to deter the American Government from the adoption of permanent military establish- ments ; although the recommendations of Congress , and the regulations of State Conventions had , in the day of enthusiasm , the force of law ...
الصفحة 57
... influence upon the operations of the army , resolved . " That if General WASHINGTON and his DEC . 1775. Council of war should be of opinion , that a successful attack might be made on the troops in Boston , he should make it in any ...
... influence upon the operations of the army , resolved . " That if General WASHINGTON and his DEC . 1775. Council of war should be of opinion , that a successful attack might be made on the troops in Boston , he should make it in any ...
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... influence the judgment of the gentlemen whom I consulted , and might have inclined me to put more to hazard than was consistent with prudence . If it had this effect , I am not sensible of it , as I endeavoured to give the subject all ...
... influence the judgment of the gentlemen whom I consulted , and might have inclined me to put more to hazard than was consistent with prudence . If it had this effect , I am not sensible of it , as I endeavoured to give the subject all ...
الصفحة 73
... influence on their judgments , so far as respects preparations for defence , it is but too obvious that it has an operation upon every part of their conduct , and is a clog upon all their proceedings . It is not in the nature of things ...
... influence on their judgments , so far as respects preparations for defence , it is but too obvious that it has an operation upon every part of their conduct , and is a clog upon all their proceedings . It is not in the nature of things ...
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الصفحة 182 - The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
الصفحة 176 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
الصفحة 184 - If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
الصفحة 180 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
الصفحة 184 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected.
الصفحة 184 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
الصفحة 184 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
الصفحة 187 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
الصفحة 178 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
الصفحة 183 - 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.