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Memoir of the Life, Character, and Writings of John Adams: Read, March 16 ... - Page 41
by William Cranch - 1827 - 70 pages
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A History of Political Parties in the United States: Volume I-, Volume 1

John Pancoast Gordy - 1900 - 634 pages
...government. " Such attempts," he said, " ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated...regardless of national honor, character, and interest." At the same time, he declared his intention to send a new mission to France, since neither the honor...
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Eulogy on John Marshall, Issue 1

Horace Binney - 1900 - 72 pages
...peace, ought to be repelled with a decision which should convince France and the world, that we were not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of honor, character, and interest. ' ' Immortal sentiments, worthy of a founder of the republic, and worthy...
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Randolph-Macon Historical Papers, Volume 3, Issue 3

1911 - 116 pages
...he declared that "such attempts aught to be repelled with a decision which will convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of ^Annals of Congress, 4 Cong. 1 seas., I., 1026. inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments...
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A History of the American People

Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 668 pages
...President's message to 3°4 Congress in which he had said that "we shall convince France and the whole world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated...colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority." When the American envoys finally comprehended the French demand, Pinckney replied, "No, not a sixpence."...
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Old South Leaflets: General series

1902 - 512 pages
...fatal to our peace. Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated...regardless of national honor, character, and interest. I should have been happy to have thrown a veil over these transactions if it had been possible to conceal...
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Old South Leaflets

1902 - 510 pages
...fatal to our peace. Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated...regardless of national honor, character, and interest. I should have been happy to have thrown a veil over these transactions if it had been possible to conceal...
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A History of the American People, Volume 3

Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 414 pages
...as the President had declared he meant to convince them, that the people of the United States were not "a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority"; and opinion seemed about to regain tone and self-possession. But moderate counsels forsook the ruling...
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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 4

John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 566 pages
...fatal to our peace. Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France, and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated...regardless of national honor, character, and interest. * * * Retaining still the desire which had uniformly been manifested by the American government to...
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Political History of the United States: With Special Reference to ..., Volume 2

John Pancoast Gordy - 1903 - 616 pages
...he said, " ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that vre are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...regardless of national honor, character, and interest." At the same time, he declared his intention to send a new mission to France, since neither the honor...
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John Marshall: Life, Character and Judicial Services as Portrayed ..., Volume 3

John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 548 pages
...peace, ought to be repelled with a decision which should convince France and the world that we were not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of honor, character and interest." Immortal sentiments, worthy of a founder of the Republic, and worthy...
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