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" Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ... - Stran 178
avtor: George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834
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Ceremonies by the Bunker Hill Monument Association, on the Displaying of the ...

Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1916 - 84 strani
...after a few months in command at Cambridge, he wrote thus: "Such a dearth of public spirit, and such a want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in...arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, ... I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the...
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Our Military History: Its Facts and Fallacies

Leonard Wood - 1916 - 250 strani
...information." And in a private letter a little later, he describes conditions in the following words : " Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue, such stock- jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another in this...
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National Service Library: Universal military training, by L. Wood

Charles Evans Kilbourne - 1917 - 426 strani
...quotations from Washington's letters will put the situation clearly before the seeker after truth: Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue,...to obtain advantages of one kind or another in this '/reat change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be...
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The Military Policy of the United States

Emory Upton, United States. War Department - 1917 - 546 strani
...the same date, he expressed his feelings still more forcibly: Such a dearth of public spirit and euch want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in...another in this great change of military arrangement 1 never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end...
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The World War and Its Consequences: Being Lectures in the Course on ...

William Herbert Hobbs - 1919 - 474 strani
...deserted in a most critical time." A little later he wrote : "Such a dearth of public spirit and such a want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in...God's mercy that I may never be witness to again" (1, p. 94). Our grammar school histories have also greatly distorted the attitude taken by the mother...
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The World War and Its Consequences: Being Lectures in the Course on ...

William Herbert Hobbs - 1919 - 474 strani
...little later he wrote : "Such a dearth of public spirit and such a want of virtue, such stock- jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...God's mercy that I may never be witness to again" (1, p. 94). Our grammar school histories have also greatly distorted the attitude taken by the mother...
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A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for ...

Michael Joseph O'Brien - 1919 - 642 strani
...troops. In a letter to General Joseph Reed, dated Cambridge, November 28, 1775, he complained about their "dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue,...arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, that I never before saw, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." "Such a mercenary...
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The Spirit of Selective Service

Enoch Herbert Crowder - 1920 - 392 strani
...flattered myself would be the case, I find that we are likely to be deserted in the most critical time. Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue,...God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. Firm in their conviction that the colonists would rush to arms at the first call, prompted only by...
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Great Britain and the United States: A Critical Review of Their Historical ...

Joseph Travis Mills - 1920 - 86 strani
...Yorktown. But for the rest their leader long found eulogy difficult : 'Such a dearth of public spirit, such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts ... I never saw before, and pray God's mercy I. may never see again. . . . Could I have foreseen what...
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An American Citizenship Course in United States History: Course with type ...

American School Citizenship League - 1921 - 196 strani
...pervaded the whole army until, as Washington wrote to a friend : "Such a dearth of public spirit, and want of virtue, such stockjobbing and fertility in...low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another ... I never saw before, and pray God I may never be a witness to again. . . . Such a dirty, mercenary...
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