 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...of the counsels of Washington. Call to mind the ever seasonable wisdom of the Farewell Address : " The Nation which indulges towards another an habitual...to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." No, Sir ! no, Sir! We are above all this. Let the Highland clansman, half naked, half civilized, half... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...of the counsels of Washington. Call to mind the ever seasonable wisdom of the Farewell Address : " The Nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degrce, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity, or to its affection, either of which is sufficient... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - Parliamentary practice - 1853 - 354 pages
...should be cultivated. — The Nation, which indulges towards another [an]70 habitual hatred or [an]79 habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is...interest. — Antipathy in one Nation against another [80] disposes eacli more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage,... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...of the counsels of Washington. Call to mind the ever seasonable wisdom of the Farewell Address : " The Nation which indulges towards another an habitual...to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." No, Sir ! no, Sir ! We are above all this. Let the Highland elans\ i-. i mau^half naked, half civilized,... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1854 - 492 pages
...letter, Washington makes the following admirable and just remark : " The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness,...degree, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." were... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 pages
...attachments for others should be excluded ; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges...offer insult and injury. to lay hold of slight causes < f umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when av •jidental or trifling occasions of dispute... | |
 | One of 'em - American literature - 1855 - 330 pages
...attachments for others, should be excluded ; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges...nation against another, disposes each more readily to ofl'er insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable,... | |
 | Presidents - 1855 - 512 pages
...for others, should be excluded ; and that in the place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges...interest. Antipathy in one nation against another, dUposes each more readily to oflfer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1845 - 74 pages
...in the place of them just amica| force to every species of free government. Who ble feelings towards all should be cultivated. — The nation, which indulges...sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its that is a sincere friend lo it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1899 - 514 pages
...In a previous part of the same letter Washington makes the following admirable and just remark : " The nation which indulges towards another an habitual...to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." The political conduct of Washington was always guided by these maxims. He succeeded in maintaining... | |
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In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings toward... 
