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| Robert Stuart Woods - 1896 - 184 страница
..."DiiAR SlR,—Thc question presented by the letter* you hnvo sent me is the most, momentous \vhich has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That mule us a nation ; this sets our compass and points the course which we arc to steer through the Ocean... | |
| 1897 - 42 страница
...Monroe, asking advice (for he had not the backbone which he might have had), Jefferson wrote as follows: "The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious." He now refers to the word which Canning had sent over.... | |
| 1917 - 884 страница
...those ideals which have brought Mr. Wilson into the war. AMERICA'S INTERVENTION— THE MILITARY SIDE. The question presented by the letters you have sent...offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. . . . While Europe is laboring to become the domicile of Despotism our endeavor should be to make our... | |
| Albert Kimsey Owen - 1897 - 106 страница
...let us look at what Jefferson said in October, 1823, in his letter addressed to President Monroe : " The question presented by the letters you have sent...offered to my contemplation since that of independence. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe; our... | |
| Edward Payson Powell - 1897 - 488 страница
...The documents were forwarded to him for his advice. In October of 1823 he answered as follows : '' The question presented by the letters you have sent me is the most momentous which has been offered my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation ; this sets our compass.... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman - 1898 - 350 страница
...prepared his message. Jefferson's reply to the President (October 24, 1823) was as follows : 1 — " The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
| 1898 - 132 страница
...citizens of a great nation, now and hereafter liable to be brought in contact with European countries : "The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us; and never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
| Julian Hawthorne - 1898 - 548 страница
...Madison as to what should be done. Jefferson replied, "The question is the most momentous that has been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence....compass and points the course which we are to steer. And never could we embark under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1899 - 516 страница
...situation might be bettered and the governTO JAMES MONROE. j. MONTICBLLO, October 24, 1823. DEAR SIR, — The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle... | |
| John Bach McMaster - 1900 - 618 страница
...Jefferson for advice, sent the letters of Rush to Monticello, and late in October received a reply. " The question presented by the letters you have sent...auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should bo, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle... | |
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