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" Not so can it ever be in the hands of France : the impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth,... "
The New England Magazine - Page 335
1903
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Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 554 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we...
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Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 582 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this; and we must be very improvident if we do...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 538 pages
...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind, if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...and of the prominent measures which distinguished his administration. acter, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind, if they do not see this : and we must be very improvident if we...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...iracter, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our char37* acter, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,...or injury, enterprising and energetic as any nation oit earth ; these circumstances render it impossible that France and the United States can continue...
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Life of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections from the Most Valuable Portions of ...

B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, whilst our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,...enterprising and energetic as any nation on earth, are circumstances which render it impossible that France and the United States can continue long friends,...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 608 pages
...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us — and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded...injury ; enterprising and energetic as any nation on the earth" — these circumstances rendered it impossible that France and the United States could long...
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-4

John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us — and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is highminded...injury ; enterprising and energetic as any nation on the earth — " these circumstances rendered it impossible that France and the United States could...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont

Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 618 pages
...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,...friends, when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we...
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