 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1820 - 486 pages
...citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to theii country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 984 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Constitutional history - 1829 - 486 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 510 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in 'this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1853 - 660 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1853 - 642 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and th,ey are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 698 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 726 pages
...the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lusting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 710 pages
...valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they arc tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners,... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1862 - 916 pages
...testimony ; whose exalted principles and good deeds stand as firm as the everlasting hills, and who "are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most enduring bonds." The story of Cincinnatus has lost none of its beauty or significance by its frequent... | |
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Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds. 
