| Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 524 pages
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
| Horace Binney - 1859 - 262 pages
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to] mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched ; it demands a uniform vigilance...lest, [instead of warming, it should]' consume.-— Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...25. ITU M .»•'',: T. 1793 ri 1793 61 1786 1797 64 66 &pt. 16. 1798 66 Ji^y 3. 1799 <7 X>«.14. i uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. Of all the dispositions aud habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable... | |
| Richard Hofstadter - History - 1969 - 306 pages
...constant danger of an excess of it. He closed this passage by branding the spirit of party in a metaphor: "A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume." No one can doubt that by the end of his administration Washington's role had become that of a committed... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 1961 - 630 pages
...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it: A Fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform...vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest it should not only warm but consume.12 It is in a particular manner to be regretted that our parties... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations - 1955 - 172 pages
...Committee through this Resolution 12, calling for nn "exploratory convention." Again quoting Washington, "It is important likewise that the habits of thinking...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres."... | |
| Ralph Ketcham - History - 1987 - 294 pages
...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another... | |
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