The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contTaylor & Maury, 1853 |
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... things , which will prob- ably decide the fate of that country . It is no longer doubtful , that the harbor of Cherbourg will be complete , that it will be a most excellent one , and capacious enough to hold the whole . navy of France ...
... things , which will prob- ably decide the fate of that country . It is no longer doubtful , that the harbor of Cherbourg will be complete , that it will be a most excellent one , and capacious enough to hold the whole . navy of France ...
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... thing worth reading has come from the press , I think , since you left us . There are one or two things to be published soon , which being on the subject of America , may be grateful to you , and shall be sent . Europe enjoys a perfect ...
... thing worth reading has come from the press , I think , since you left us . There are one or two things to be published soon , which being on the subject of America , may be grateful to you , and shall be sent . Europe enjoys a perfect ...
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... things of your poem . A violent criticism of Chastellux's voyages is just appearing . It is not yet to be bought . I am laboring hard with the assistance of M. de La Fayette to get the general commerce of the United States with this ...
... things of your poem . A violent criticism of Chastellux's voyages is just appearing . It is not yet to be bought . I am laboring hard with the assistance of M. de La Fayette to get the general commerce of the United States with this ...
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... things are only in the particular States you mention . The second passage is pages 101 and 102 , where you speak of the " ravages causés par l'abus des eaux de vie , " which seems , by the note in page 101 , to be taken on authority of ...
... things are only in the particular States you mention . The second passage is pages 101 and 102 , where you speak of the " ravages causés par l'abus des eaux de vie , " which seems , by the note in page 101 , to be taken on authority of ...
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... thing as yet printed which gives a just idea of the Ameri- can constitutions . There will be another good work , a very good one , published here soon , by a Mr. Mazzei , who has been many years a resident of Virginia , is well informed ...
... thing as yet printed which gives a just idea of the Ameri- can constitutions . There will be another good work , a very good one , published here soon , by a Mr. Mazzei , who has been many years a resident of Virginia , is well informed ...
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Halaman 239 - Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God ; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
Halaman 7 - I think by far the most important bill in our whole code, is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people. No other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom and happiness.
Halaman 319 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Halaman 330 - Let me add, that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
Halaman 345 - I have the honour to be your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servant, JOHN ANDRE.
Halaman 8 - Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance. Establish and improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils, and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles, who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.
Halaman 100 - The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.
Halaman 29 - I could not judge what effect it might have on our credit, and was not authorized, either to approve or disapprove of the transaction. I have since reflected on this subject ; if there be a danger that our payments may not be punctual, it might be better that the discontents which would thence arise, should be transferred from a Court, of whose good will we have so much need, to the breasts of a private company.
Halaman 106 - I never will have any. But I have had great opportunities of knowing the character of the people who inhabit that country ; and I will venture to say...
Halaman 116 - The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to the spectacles. These finished, another half hour is devoted to dodging in and out of the doors of her very sincere friends, and away to supper. After supper, cards ; and after...