...them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let...artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detatehed...

...conneetion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfeet good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of...be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which^re essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate...

...object expressed by his language. "Europe" — he says — "has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must...of which are essentially foreign to our concerns." From this he does not reason against our having any interest in the controversies of European nations....

...them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interest', which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence, she must be engaged in frequent...

...them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let...artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached...

...In Washington's stentorian words, "Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the cause of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise for us...

...interests, which have to us none, or a very remote relation." European interests were the source of "frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns." It was therefore unwise — that is, against American interests — "to implicate ourselves, by artificial...

...with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled, with perfect good faith. Here let...artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities: Our detached and...

...concerns: Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation, Hence the must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes...concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to imphcare ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her pohtics. . . . Our detached...

...sections of the text. A few examples will suffice: Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence, she must...the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.7 Referring to "our detached and distant situation," which enables us to pursue "a different...