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... numbers lead to defeat , instead of commanding victory . Although he was mortified to find not only defects in discipline , and an alarming deficiency of ammunition , yet these very evils , by calling up all his energies into action ...
... numbers lead to defeat , instead of commanding victory . Although he was mortified to find not only defects in discipline , and an alarming deficiency of ammunition , yet these very evils , by calling up all his energies into action ...
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... numbers and superior discipline . To have a full perception of the wisdom and utility of such a policy , is to rise higher in the scale of greatness than to be a mere consummate general ; for it im- plies a concentration of great ...
... numbers and superior discipline . To have a full perception of the wisdom and utility of such a policy , is to rise higher in the scale of greatness than to be a mere consummate general ; for it im- plies a concentration of great ...
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... numbers of militia who almost daily left him , and often left him before any others had arrived to supply their places ; exposing him to the constant danger of having his positions forced by the British . It was a great source of ...
... numbers of militia who almost daily left him , and often left him before any others had arrived to supply their places ; exposing him to the constant danger of having his positions forced by the British . It was a great source of ...
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... numbers , to that of the enemy . Added to this , the major part is made up of militia . The most sanguine in specula- tion cannot deem it more than adequate to the least va- luable purposes of war . 92 As a precautionary measure , the ...
... numbers , to that of the enemy . Added to this , the major part is made up of militia . The most sanguine in specula- tion cannot deem it more than adequate to the least va- luable purposes of war . 92 As a precautionary measure , the ...
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... numbers , superior facilities , troops who were disciplined , and well provided , and officers who were experienced , well trained , and exuberantly supplied with every appliance and means to secure victory by force , or effect it by ...
... numbers , superior facilities , troops who were disciplined , and well provided , and officers who were experienced , well trained , and exuberantly supplied with every appliance and means to secure victory by force , or effect it by ...
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Page 167 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any...
Page 160 - ... employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 164 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 161 - North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand. Turning partly into its own channels the seamen of the North, it finds its particular navigation invigorated; and while it contributes in different ways to nourish and increase the general mass of the national navigation, it looks forward to the protection of a maritime strength to which itself is unequally adapted.
Page 166 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character in governments purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 168 - ... distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?
Page 295 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 167 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 165 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and, sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
Page 169 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot.