 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of New York - 1900 - 690 Seiten
...purpose, reported that Washington intended to resign his command. Hear bis response to the public : "I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop an expression that hail a tendency to resignation. The same reasons that led me to embark in the opposition to the arbitrary... | |
 | Louis Clinton Hatch - 1903 - 248 Seiten
...can assure you," Washington replied to an Inquiry from Dr. Gordon, made after Conway's appointment, " that no person ever heard me drop an expression that had a tendency to resignation. . . . While the public are satisfied with my endeavors, I mean not to shrink from the cause. But the... | |
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I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop an expression that had a tendency to resignation. The same principles that led me to embark in the opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain, operate with additional force at this day ; nor... 
