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" Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects, not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the... "
The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ... - Page 385
by David Ramsay - 1807 - 464 pages
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The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...strength and consistency which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes. Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty (o avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend . I shall also carry with me the hope , that...
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The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the ...

Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...strength and constancy, which is necessary to give it, humanely speaking, the command of its own fortune. Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...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...
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Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Department of the ...

Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...strength and constancy, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortune. Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...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...
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Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the ...

John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...strength and consistency which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes. Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...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...
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The Domestic Constitution; Or, the Family Circle the Source and Test of ...

Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
...concluded his unprecedented address in the following terms : "Though, in reviewing the incidents of administration, I am unconscious of intentional error,...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...
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pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses

George Washington - United States - 1848 - 612 pages
...and consistency, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes. Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensihle of my defects not to think it prohahle that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they...
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History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution: With Liberty ...

United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission - Political Science - 1941 - 904 pages
...consistency, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes. — • Though in reviewing the incidents of my Administration,...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...
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George Washington: A Biography

John Richard Alden - 1984 - 356 pages
...far militarily that NATO seemed essential to American safety. The president ended on a personal note. "Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration...it probable that I may have committed many errors." He hoped that "my country will never cease to view" his mistakes "with indulgence, and that, after...
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Helping Your Child Learn History

Education - 1994 - 52 pages
...preserve the identity of a people. Narration George Washington, in his Farewell Address in 1796, said: "Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration...it probable that I may have committed many errors." This reflection is a good reminder that history, with its facts and evidence, is also an interpretation...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...assurance of my own conscience is, that I have at least believed myself to be guided by them. . . . Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration,...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...
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