His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great... Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Seite 236von Thomas Jefferson - 1830Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 Seiten
...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. If... | |
| 1830 - 658 Seiten
...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. If... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 Seiten
...purpose, whatever obstacle? opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity,...in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a greal. man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained... | |
| Henry Lee - 1832 - 288 Seiten
...country," — and that he had " truckled servilely to England." Of Washington, who he confesses, " was in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man ;" and who " had the singular merit of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous... | |
| Stephen Simpson - 1833 - 408 Seiten
...opposed. His integrity was moat pure; his justice the most inflexible I have ever known; no motive of interest, or consanguinity, of friendship, or hatred,...great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. If ever,... | |
| 1843 - 854 Seiten
...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...able to bias his decision. He was indeed in every •ense of the word a *vise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...character of Washington, he says ; " His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." These considerations seem to show at least, that, whatever may have been Mr. Jefferson's feelings,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 650 Seiten
...character of Washington, he says ; " His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." These considerations seem to show at least, that, whatever may have been Mr. Jefferson's feelings,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 Seiten
...character of Washington, he says ; " His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." These considerations seem to show at least, that, whatever may have been Mr. Jefferson's feelings,... | |
| George Washington - 1837 - 644 Seiten
...character of Washington, he says; " His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known; no motives of interest or consanguinity,...sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." These considerations seem to show at least, that, whatever may have been Mr. Jefferson's feelings,... | |
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