Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesJ. Stockdale, 1808 - 560페이지 |
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... object , or impracticable in their na- ture . The military code of the colony was insuf- ficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into the field with the dispatch necessary ? C to repel an Indian invasion ; and her ...
... object , or impracticable in their na- ture . The military code of the colony was insuf- ficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into the field with the dispatch necessary ? C to repel an Indian invasion ; and her ...
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... object . 1738. ] Colonel Washington , not expecting to be placed on the establishment , had determined to resign his commission ; but he thought the ex- pedition for this purpose presented a fair prospect of distinguished service , and ...
... object . 1738. ] Colonel Washington , not expecting to be placed on the establishment , had determined to resign his commission ; but he thought the ex- pedition for this purpose presented a fair prospect of distinguished service , and ...
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... object of higher consideration than the applause of those , who were incapable of forming a correct opinion of the propriety of his measures . On this , and on many other occa- sions during the war , he withstood the voice of the ...
... object of higher consideration than the applause of those , who were incapable of forming a correct opinion of the propriety of his measures . On this , and on many other occa- sions during the war , he withstood the voice of the ...
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... object of contention , While he resolutely rejected every measure , that in his calm and deliberate judgment he did not approve , he daily pondered upon the practi- cability of a successful attack upon Boston . As a preparatory step ...
... object of contention , While he resolutely rejected every measure , that in his calm and deliberate judgment he did not approve , he daily pondered upon the practi- cability of a successful attack upon Boston . As a preparatory step ...
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... object of the campaign , re- peatedly pointed out by Congress , was a source of extreme mortification ; but he indulged the hope of success in some military operations dur- ing the winter , that would correspond with the high ...
... object of the campaign , re- peatedly pointed out by Congress , was a source of extreme mortification ; but he indulged the hope of success in some military operations dur- ing the winter , that would correspond with the high ...
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495 페이지 - 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.
494 페이지 - 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.
488 페이지 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all...
495 페이지 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
490 페이지 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...
485 페이지 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and. which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
483 페이지 - The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your National capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles.
488 페이지 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force — to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful...
479 페이지 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your, thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom...
500 페이지 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another: that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...