 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels...course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations ; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1851 - 946 pages
...calculate upon real favors. 'Tis an illusion that experience must cure, that a just pride ought to discard. In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend — counsels suggested by laborious reflection, and matured by a various experience, I dare not hope... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1851 - 908 pages
...calculate upon real favors. 'Tis an illusion that experience must cure. that a just pride ought to discard. In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend — counsels suggested by laborious reflection, and matured by a various experience, I dare not hope... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 76 pages
...nation to nation. Tis an illusion which experience must cure^ which a just pride ought to discard. In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels...which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit^ some occasional... | |
 | United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission - Political Science - 1941 - 904 pages
...Nation. — 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.— ate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong...lasting impression, I could wish — that they will controul the usual current of the passions, or prevent our Nation from running the course which has... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1965 - 824 pages
...phraseology startlingly similar to that which he had used in introducing the section ; he said that "in offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend — counsels suggested by laborious reflection, and matured by a various experience, I dare not hope... | |
 | Felix Gilbert - Biography & Autobiography - 1961 - 188 pages
...phraseology startlingly similar to that which he had used in introducing the section; he said that "in offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend — counsels suggested by laborious reflection, and matured by a various experience, I dare not hope... | |
 | Paul C. Nagel - History - 1971 - 398 pages
...in both its national and citizen spheres. He doubted frankly that his message would help "controul the usual current of the passions, or prevent our...which has hitherto marked the Destiny of Nations." Having seen so much of men, Washington said he was content to hope that his words "may now and then... | |
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In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish— that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from... 
