The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesPhillips & Sampson, 1847 |
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... circumstances rendered it probable , that a force was approaching with hostile views . It appeared that the party had left the direct road , and had encamped in a valley , a few miles to the west of the Great Mea- dows , as a place of ...
... circumstances rendered it probable , that a force was approaching with hostile views . It appeared that the party had left the direct road , and had encamped in a valley , a few miles to the west of the Great Mea- dows , as a place of ...
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... circumstances of the inhabitants . " We are either insensible of danger until it breaks upon our heads , or else through mistaken notions of economy , evade the expense until the blow is struck , and then run into an extreme of raising ...
... circumstances of the inhabitants . " We are either insensible of danger until it breaks upon our heads , or else through mistaken notions of economy , evade the expense until the blow is struck , and then run into an extreme of raising ...
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... circumstances and especially from the change in your Hor our conduct towards me , that some person as well inc . to de- tract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free with ...
... circumstances and especially from the change in your Hor our conduct towards me , that some person as well inc . to de- tract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free with ...
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... circumstances will admit . In the mean time , I have a sincere pleasure in observing that there are materials for a good army ; a great number of able bodied men , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " The ...
... circumstances will admit . In the mean time , I have a sincere pleasure in observing that there are materials for a good army ; a great number of able bodied men , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " The ...
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... circumstances , not open to human foresight , nor controllable by human prudence , rendered it un- successful . Through the season , the highest endeavours of the Commander in Chief were exerted to procure arms and ammunition for his ...
... circumstances , not open to human foresight , nor controllable by human prudence , rendered it un- successful . Through the season , the highest endeavours of the Commander in Chief were exerted to procure arms and ammunition for his ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 172 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Side 181 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Side 184 - EUROPE has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially , foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and Collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Side 180 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Side 183 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.
Side 179 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. 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.
Side 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...
Side 174 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort -and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.