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" Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.... "
Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C. - Page 147
by Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 354 pages
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 550 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed ; 235 refraining if he saw a doubr, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1830 - 592 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal danger^ with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have-ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1830 - 550 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in. his character was...integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible 1 have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calm est unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexi ble I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calm , est unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacle? opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known,...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 27

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 854 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...
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The Lives of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson: With a Parallel ...

Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...when once decided, going through with his purpose Q2 ever obstacles opposed. His integrity was moat pure; his justice the most inflexible I have ever...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 66

1838 - 556 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...consideration, was maturely weighed ; refraining, if lie saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed....
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The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]., Volume 27

Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character, was...through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. 3. His integrity was the most pure ; his justice, the most inflexible. I have never known any motives...
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