The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States ...Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett, 1843 - Počet stran: 267 |
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... seems then to have exerted herself with a more than ordinary effort , and to have poured them forth with unusual fertility . But at no time or period did any country produce greater men , or those better qualified to conduct affairs to ...
... seems then to have exerted herself with a more than ordinary effort , and to have poured them forth with unusual fertility . But at no time or period did any country produce greater men , or those better qualified to conduct affairs to ...
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... seems to have been un der the fascination of its influence , into the inmost re- cesses of the soul . It is able to excite or to calm the passions of men at will ; to drive the multitude forward to acts of rashness , or to say to the ...
... seems to have been un der the fascination of its influence , into the inmost re- cesses of the soul . It is able to excite or to calm the passions of men at will ; to drive the multitude forward to acts of rashness , or to say to the ...
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... a delegate from Virginia , to the third Congress . Though constantly and actively engaged during the winter in the various matters which engaged the atten- tion of the house , yet he seems rather to 32 LIFE OF JEFFERSON .
... a delegate from Virginia , to the third Congress . Though constantly and actively engaged during the winter in the various matters which engaged the atten- tion of the house , yet he seems rather to 32 LIFE OF JEFFERSON .
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... seems rather to have devoted himself to objects of general policy , the arrangement of general plans and systems of action , the investiga- tion of important documents , and objects of a similar nature , than to the details of active ...
... seems rather to have devoted himself to objects of general policy , the arrangement of general plans and systems of action , the investiga- tion of important documents , and objects of a similar nature , than to the details of active ...
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... seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . Prudence , indeed , will dictate , that govern- ments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly , all experience hath shown that ...
... seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . Prudence , indeed , will dictate , that govern- ments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly , all experience hath shown that ...
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