 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1836 - 304 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles numan nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential...passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and tliat in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 620 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential,...slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 strani
...plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it " IN the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential...slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more,...fondness, is, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to it» animosity, or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty... | |
 | George Washington - 1838 - 114 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential...slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 714 strani
...In a previous part of the same letter, Washington makes the following admirable and just remark : " The nation which indulges towards another an habitual...degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." The... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices ! In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential...antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachment for others, should be excluded; and that in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential,...slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1840 - 256 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices? " In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential...slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against... | |
 | William Hobart Hadley - 1840 - 128 strani
...recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! it is rendered impossible by its vices ! In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential...antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachment for others, should be excluded ; and that in the place of them, just and amicable feelings... | |
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The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. 
