Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.... The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Página 573de Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Edwin Nixon - 1874 - 148 páginas
...semper, tum in quantulocumque actu vel maxime tremulum. Saevum et (22) WASHINGTON. His integrity12 was most pure, his justice the most" inflexible I have ever known; no motives11 of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being5 able to bias his decision12.... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed ; refraining...pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever * NEWTON. An illustrious English philosopher and mathematician, born 164?. (Sec Brewster's Memoirs... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 660 páginas
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes Jefferson ; " no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision." They say of Giotto that he introduced goodness into the art of painting; Washington carried it with... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when onee decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure,... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed ; refraining...pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever * NEWTON. An illustrious English philosopher and mathematician, born 1642. (See Brewster's Memoirs... | |
| Sir Isaac Pitman - 1877 - 52 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence : never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed : refraining...when once decided, going through with his purpose, w hatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed ; refraining...his decision. He was, indeed in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned ; but reflection... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 páginas
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence : never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed : refraining,...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. 5. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man. Bis temper was naturally... | |
| William Banks Slaughter - 1878 - 318 páginas
...many political questions, bears the following testimony to his character : " His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible, I have...his decision. He was indeed in every sense of the word a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high -toned ; but reflection... | |
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