Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference to the Attack They Contain on the Memory of the Late Gen. Henry Lee ; in a Series of Letters |
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... thought it worth his while to try to sow tares between you and me , by representing me as still engaged in the bustle of politics , and in turbulence and intrigue against the government . I never believed for a moment that this could ...
... thought it worth his while to try to sow tares between you and me , by representing me as still engaged in the bustle of politics , and in turbulence and intrigue against the government . I never believed for a moment that this could ...
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... thought of asking this one , or a copy of it , back from you , but have not before written on subjects of this kind to you . Though I do not know that it will ever be of the least importance to me , yet one loves to possess arms ...
... thought of asking this one , or a copy of it , back from you , but have not before written on subjects of this kind to you . Though I do not know that it will ever be of the least importance to me , yet one loves to possess arms ...
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... thought fit to employ ; I refer you to an extract of Gen. Wash- ington's reply to this letter of Mr. Jefferson as it is found in Marshall . " If I had entertained any suspicion before , that the queries which have been published in ...
... thought fit to employ ; I refer you to an extract of Gen. Wash- ington's reply to this letter of Mr. Jefferson as it is found in Marshall . " If I had entertained any suspicion before , that the queries which have been published in ...
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... his opposition . It would be as rational to affirm that he was at the same time loud and silent - or active and still or honest and dishonest . Gen. Lee could have had no cause to fall into such confusion of thought , or to 14.
... his opposition . It would be as rational to affirm that he was at the same time loud and silent - or active and still or honest and dishonest . Gen. Lee could have had no cause to fall into such confusion of thought , or to 14.
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... thought , or to employ such absurdity of language . And Mr. Jefferson in doing so shows that he was more intent upon purposes of resentment and fraud , than upon the dictates of truth and reason . The entire passage is indeed a striking ...
... thought , or to employ such absurdity of language . And Mr. Jefferson in doing so shows that he was more intent upon purposes of resentment and fraud , than upon the dictates of truth and reason . The entire passage is indeed a striking ...
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Page 87 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.
Page 22 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 139 - On the whole his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.
Page 12 - ... every act of my administration would be tortured, and the grossest and most insidious misrepresentations of them be made, by giving one side only of a subject, and that, too, in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely be applied to a Nero, a notorious defaulter, or even to a common pickpocket.
Page 139 - He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. 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.
Page 17 - Euboic sea. Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of battle; and complain that fate Free virtue should enthral to force or chance.
Page 139 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment %vas ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Page 127 - States be requested to direct a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs. Washington, assuring her of the profound respect Congress will ever bear to her person and character, of their condolence on the late afflicting dispensation of Providence, and entreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington in the manner expressed in the first resolution.
Page 13 - As you have mentioned the subject yourself, it would not be frank, candid, or friendly to conceal, that your conduct has been represented as derogating from that opinion I had conceived you entertained of me...
Page 139 - Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no General ever planned his battles more judiciously.