Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and ReligiousD. Appleton, 1855 - 423 páginas |
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... receive a double pleasure . Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of our hearts , no recommendation of mine is necessary , to fortify or confirm the attachment . None of them will ever submit to the loss of those ...
... receive a double pleasure . Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of our hearts , no recommendation of mine is necessary , to fortify or confirm the attachment . None of them will ever submit to the loss of those ...
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... receive too early and close an attention , and require prompt and decisive remedies . True to our duties and interests as Americans , firm to our purpose as lovers of peace , let NATIONAL POLICY . 97 Peace with other Nations.
... receive too early and close an attention , and require prompt and decisive remedies . True to our duties and interests as Americans , firm to our purpose as lovers of peace , let NATIONAL POLICY . 97 Peace with other Nations.
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... receive a check , and are not quite undone , we are apt to fancy we have gained a victory ; and , when we do gain any little advantage , we imagine it decisive , and expect the war immediately at an end . The history of the war is a ...
... receive a check , and are not quite undone , we are apt to fancy we have gained a victory ; and , when we do gain any little advantage , we imagine it decisive , and expect the war immediately at an end . The history of the war is a ...
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... received from the British nation were so unprovoked , and have been so great and so many , that they can never be forgotten . Besides the feuds , the jealousies , the animosities , that would ever attend a union with them ; besides the ...
... received from the British nation were so unprovoked , and have been so great and so many , that they can never be forgotten . Besides the feuds , the jealousies , the animosities , that would ever attend a union with them ; besides the ...
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... receive no considerable , if any , reinforcements . But suppose they should not , their remaining force , if well di- rected , is far from being contemptible . In the des- perate state of British affairs , it is worth a desperate ...
... receive no considerable , if any , reinforcements . But suppose they should not , their remaining force , if well di- rected , is far from being contemptible . In the des- perate state of British affairs , it is worth a desperate ...
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