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" I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion,... "
The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of ... - Page 165
by Richard Snowden - 1806
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1999 - 374 pages
...to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon bo to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, "and actuated by that...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. . . . Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001

Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 pages
...to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must stxm be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by...
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty'five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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The Nationalist Ferment: The Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1789-1812

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol - History - 2004 - 304 pages
...generations had passed, the people had become rooted: "Actuated by that fervent love towards it [my country], which is so natural to a Man, who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations." He also expressed, however, his...
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A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American Politics

Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...to view them with indulgence; and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its Service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it, which is so natural to a Man, who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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The Life of George Washington, Volume 4

Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...to view them with indulgence ; and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansion of rest, [f] (* and from men disagreeing m their impressions of the origin, progress, and nature...
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