 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 - Seite 573von Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1885 - 66 Seiten
...differed from him, took pains, at a later period of his life, to say of him in a record for posterity: " His integrity was most pure; his justice the most...his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." " If I could now present myself," wrote Edmund Randolph, who... | |
 | United States. Commission for Dedication of Washington Monument - 1885 - 138 Seiten
...differed from him, took pains, at a later period of his life, to say of him in a record for posterity: " His integrity was most pure; his justice the most...his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man. ' ' And when it was once suggested to him, not long before his... | |
 | Hundred greatest men - 1885 - 530 Seiten
...Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed. refraining...integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible, no motives of interest or consanguinitv, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision.... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1886 - 656 Seiten
...differed from him, took pains, at a later period of his life, to say of him in a record for posterity : " His integrity was most pure ; his justice the most...his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." And when it was once suggested to him, not long before his... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 Seiten
...never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed; refraining, if he saw doubt; but, when once decided, going through with...purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known; no motives of interest or consanguinity,... | |
 | James Walter - 1886 - 412 Seiten
...cabinet experience, and written in after years, when there was no temptation to insincere eulogy : — " His integrity was most pure ; his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motive of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was,... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 Seiten
...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... | |
 | James Walter - 1887 - 418 Seiten
...cabinet experience, and written in after years, when there was no temptation to insincere eulogy :— " His integrity was most pure; his justice the most inflexible I have ever known; no motive of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was,... | |
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