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" There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed him... "
The political works of Thomas Paine - Page 191
by Thomas Paine - 1826 - 425 pages
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Paine: Political Writings

Thomas Paine - 2000 - 388 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted...
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Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

Thomas Paine - 2002 - 300 pages
...greatest quantity of happiness with the least expense. Address and Declaration, 1791 Fortitude There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude. The American Crisis, 1776, In speaking of George Washington I have nothing to fear unless innocence...
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American Datelines: Major News Stories from Colonial Times to the Present

Ed Cray, Jonathan Kotler, Miles Beller - 2003 - 444 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall...
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A Hunger For Liberty Leads to the Declaration of Independence

Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. ... "A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that...
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Common Sense

Thomas Paine - 2004 - 260 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the Character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall...
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The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City, Arizona

Benjamin G. Bistline - 2004 - 440 pages
...trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see,...uninterrupted health and given him a mind that can receive instructions from heaven. "I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the...
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George Washington: The Man of the Age

John P. Kaminski - 2004 - 68 pages
...Autobiography of Rush, 124. 36. Ibid., 125. Paine wrote of Washington that "There is a natural f1rmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles,...when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude." 38 Congressman William Hooper of North Carolina marveled at "how often America has been rescued from...
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Classics of American Political and Constitutional Thought

Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - 2007 - 1236 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures...new States, shall never interfere with the priman' remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it...
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations

Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 pages
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...him a mind that can even flourish upon care. . . . I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held...
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We Hold These Truths

Randall Norman Desoto - 2007 - 266 pages
...and Washington's character through the recent trials, writing that "God hath blessed [the General] with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. " The author also attacked the Tories' desire to stay loyal to Great Britain. "Every Tory is a coward,...
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