The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1857 - 400 páginas |
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... nature in every land and age ; that even the divine principles and institutions of religion have been so perverted and distorted by human passions as to have become , in many in- stances , only the convenient tools for the aggran ...
... nature in every land and age ; that even the divine principles and institutions of religion have been so perverted and distorted by human passions as to have become , in many in- stances , only the convenient tools for the aggran ...
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... nature , even the empty boast of seeming virtue would rarely be heard , and the reality of it would scarcely ever be seen , on the face of the earth ; in a word , that while the intel- lectual attributes of mankind assimilate them in ...
... nature , even the empty boast of seeming virtue would rarely be heard , and the reality of it would scarcely ever be seen , on the face of the earth ; in a word , that while the intel- lectual attributes of mankind assimilate them in ...
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... Nature of his Enter- prise - Mr . Randolph's Resolution in Congress - Arrest of Col. Burr - Incidents of the Trial - Eloquence of Wm . Wirt - Jefferson's Prejudices against Burr - The Embargo Law - Mr . Jefferson's last Message to ...
... Nature of his Enter- prise - Mr . Randolph's Resolution in Congress - Arrest of Col. Burr - Incidents of the Trial - Eloquence of Wm . Wirt - Jefferson's Prejudices against Burr - The Embargo Law - Mr . Jefferson's last Message to ...
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... natural talents were of a superior grade , and his industry in the pursuit of knowledge had been so persevering , while his judgment was regarded as so correct , that he was selected to perform the task of ascertaining and settling the ...
... natural talents were of a superior grade , and his industry in the pursuit of knowledge had been so persevering , while his judgment was regarded as so correct , that he was selected to perform the task of ascertaining and settling the ...
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... nature of it will admit . Few things will disturb him at all : nothing will disturb him much . " If this letter was to fall into the hands of some of our gay acquaintance , your correspondent and his solemn notions would probably be the ...
... nature of it will admit . Few things will disturb him at all : nothing will disturb him much . " If this letter was to fall into the hands of some of our gay acquaintance , your correspondent and his solemn notions would probably be the ...
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Adams addressed administration adopted Alexander Hamilton American appointed assembled authority Bayard Britain British Burr cabinet character charge citizens colonies commerce committee Congress consequence Constitution Continental Congress convention court Dabney Carr DEAR debt declaration duties effect election endeavored enemies England established executive existence favor Federal Federalists foreign France French friends give governor Hamilton happiness honor House independent interest Jeffer John Adams justice labors legislature letter to Mazzei liberty Lord North Luther Martin Madison measures ment mind Monticello nation never obtained occasion officers opinion party patriots peace period Peyton Randolph political popular possessed President principles proposed proposition purpose Raleigh Tavern Randolph received reference render republican resolution respect retirement sentiments sincere Smith society South Carolina spirit States-General thing Thomas Jefferson tion treaty truth United Virginia vote Washington whole Williamsburg wish writing
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Página 328 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
Página 326 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Página 126 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Página 141 - Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.
Página 254 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 326 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses: For abolishing the...
Página 24 - Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Página 325 - He has suffered the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states, refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices by a selfassumed power, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Página 328 - ... and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity, [and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy us.
Página 348 - ... without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.