 | Labor unions - 1909 - 1238 pages
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, thongh not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1910 - 424 pages
...character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of the 5 very first order; his penetration strong, though not...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the ad10 vantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever... | |
 | Horace Leslie Brittain - Readers - 1911 - 284 pages
...thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these : — His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton,1 Bacon,2 or Locke ; 3 and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Charles Leonard-Stuart - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 644 pages
...estimate of the character and intellect of the great American patriot is from President Jefferson : " His mind was great and powerful, without being of...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, so far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention... | |
 | Education - 1912 - 540 pages
...were dancing." — Written when he was a surveyor at sixteen years of age. Jefferson's Description. 4. His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order, as that of Xewton or Bacon or Locke, and as far as he saw no judgment was sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - American literature - 1915 - 492 pages
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these : His mind was great and powerful, without being of...imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common jemark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Readers - 1917 - 426 pages
...his character, it should be in terms like these : His mind was great and powerful, without being of 5 the very first order; his penetration strong, though...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence 10 the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing... | |
 | William Norman Guthrie - Anthologies - 1917 - 168 pages
...Fury comes your house to sweep !" FIRST READING, IN PRAISE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON JEFFEBSON'S TRIBUTE His mind was great and powerful without being of the...Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgement was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Literature - 1919 - 424 pages
...his character, it should be in terms like these : His mind was great and powerful, without being of 5 the very first order; his penetration strong, though...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence 10 the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - Readers - 1921 - 618 pages
...character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very 5 first order; his penetration strong, though not so...of his officers, of the advantage he derived from 10 councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no... | |
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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 was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... 
