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/ page 1178 of 1205 /Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.
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The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.
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The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.
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Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.
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General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.
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The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.
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But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.
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The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.
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The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.
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By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.
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It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.
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On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than 2000 men in the whole.
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Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
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Yes, threadbare seem his songs, to lettered ken - they were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.
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We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing.
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Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.
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Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.
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The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent.
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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
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