The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contTaylor & Maury, 1853 |
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... rendered me the account which I now enclose , balance 112 , 1721. 2-4 . He desired me at the same time to forward to you the papers , No. 1-12 , which will show the objections and difficulties he had to encounter , and which could have ...
... rendered me the account which I now enclose , balance 112 , 1721. 2-4 . He desired me at the same time to forward to you the papers , No. 1-12 , which will show the objections and difficulties he had to encounter , and which could have ...
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... render regulations on our part necessary , which might be embarrassed by a multiplication of treaties with other nations . I think , therefore , that at present Congress would not wish to make any other treaties than those actually in ...
... render regulations on our part necessary , which might be embarrassed by a multiplication of treaties with other nations . I think , therefore , that at present Congress would not wish to make any other treaties than those actually in ...
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... will sometimes render agree- able to you . My letters and papers from America came down to the 16th of July . The impost then wanted the accession of New York only , but another difficulty had started up 20 JEFFERSON'S WORKS .
... will sometimes render agree- able to you . My letters and papers from America came down to the 16th of July . The impost then wanted the accession of New York only , but another difficulty had started up 20 JEFFERSON'S WORKS .
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... rendered the holders very discontented , as being more exposed to risk , and has induced many to sell out , so that I have heard ( I know not how truly ) that bank stock sells somewhat below par ; it has been said 7 1-2 per cent .; but ...
... rendered the holders very discontented , as being more exposed to risk , and has induced many to sell out , so that I have heard ( I know not how truly ) that bank stock sells somewhat below par ; it has been said 7 1-2 per cent .; but ...
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... render just homage to a character so great in its first developments , that they would honor the close of any other . Their country , covered by a small army against a great one , their exhausted means supplied by his talents , their ...
... render just homage to a character so great in its first developments , that they would honor the close of any other . Their country , covered by a small army against a great one , their exhausted means supplied by his talents , their ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 345 - I have the honour to be your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servant, JOHN ANDRE.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...