The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1781-1784G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894 |
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... Blue ridge and even through the Blue ridge a ton weight has been brought ; and the expence would not be great , when compared with its object , to open a tolerable naviga- tion up Jackson's river and Carpenter's Creek , to within 25 ...
... Blue ridge and even through the Blue ridge a ton weight has been brought ; and the expence would not be great , when compared with its object , to open a tolerable naviga- tion up Jackson's river and Carpenter's Creek , to within 25 ...
Էջ 90
... Blue ridge it is called the Fluvanna ; and thence to its source , Jackson's river . But in common speech , it is called James river to its source . The Rivanna , a branch of James River , is navigable for canoes and batteaux to its ...
... Blue ridge it is called the Fluvanna ; and thence to its source , Jackson's river . But in common speech , it is called James river to its source . The Rivanna , a branch of James River , is navigable for canoes and batteaux to its ...
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... Blue ridge , and may perhaps in future be opened . The Missisipi will be one of the principal channels of future commerce for the country westward of the Alleghaney . From the mouth of this river to where it receives the Ohio , is ICOO ...
... Blue ridge , and may perhaps in future be opened . The Missisipi will be one of the principal channels of future commerce for the country westward of the Alleghaney . From the mouth of this river to where it receives the Ohio , is ICOO ...
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... Blue ridge , others to the North mountain , others to the Alleghaney , others to the Laurel ridge , as may be seen by their different maps . But the fact I believe is , that none of these ridges were ever known by that name to the ...
... Blue ridge , others to the North mountain , others to the Alleghaney , others to the Laurel ridge , as may be seen by their different maps . But the fact I believe is , that none of these ridges were ever known by that name to the ...
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... Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature . You stand on a very high point of land . On your right comes up the Shenandoah , having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent . On your ...
... Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature . You stand on a very high point of land . On your right comes up the Shenandoah , having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent . On your ...
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Էջ 137 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Էջ 137 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace ; but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Էջ 238 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Էջ 200 - For this reason that convention, which passed the ordinance of government, laid its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct, so that no person should exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same time.
Էջ 105 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Էջ 226 - In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and improve. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.
Էջ 222 - I advance it, therefore, as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind.
Էջ 238 - From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights.
Էջ 447 - Be it ordained, by the United States, in Congress assembled, that the said Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district ; subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Էջ 239 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...