 | United States - 1824 - 518 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion, what reason would reject ; at other times, it makes the animosity...The peace, often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nationshas been the victim. So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces... | |
 | Statesmen - 1824 - 518 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion, what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity of the nation suhservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 742 pages
...instructive admonition to their Heprcsentatives, and at this time particularly applicable to them : " A passionate attachment of one nation for another "produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the fcivoritc " tuition, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common " intercut, in cases where no... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...hostility instigated by pride, ambition and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, and sometimes, perhaps, the liberty of nations has been...evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...national propensity and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject ; 1.2* at other times, it make the animosity of the nation subservient to projects...perhaps, the liberty of nations, has been the victim. &o, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation to another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy... | |
 | Sir William Gore Ouseley - History - 1832 - 266 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity...another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favourite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real... | |
 | Noah Webster - United States - 1832 - 378 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity...perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim. 25. So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject: at other times, it makes the animosity...sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, and sometimes, perhaps, the liberty, of nations has been the victim. So likewise a passionate attachment... | |
 | United States - 1833 - 64 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity...evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity...another, produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favourite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real... | |
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The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject;... 
