 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...of the morning. Theyare at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from want of forethought, which prevents their seeing a...present, they do' not go through it with more coolness or steadj;ness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female : but love seems with them to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 632 pages
...prevents their seeing a danrer till it be present. When present, limy do not go through it with mere coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female ; hut love seems with them to be more an earer desire, than a tender delicate mixture of sentiment... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 634 pages
...dawn of the morning. They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...present, they do not go through it with more coolness or stea-[255] diness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female ; but love seems with them... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 558 pages
...dawn of the morning. They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...present, they do not go through it with more coolness or stea-[255] diness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female ; but love seems with them... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 334 pages
...dawn of the morning. They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. . . . Love seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a tender, delicate mixture of sentiment... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 712 pages
...less sleep. . . . They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. . . . Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven... | |
 | Winthrop D. Jordan - 1974 - 260 pages
..."more adventuresome." "But," he wrote, withdrawing even this mild encomium, "this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...with more coolness or steadiness than the whites." Negroes were "more ardent," their griefs "transient." "In general," he concluded, "their existence... | |
 | James S. Leonard, Thomas Tenney, Thadious M. Davis - 1992 - 292 pages
...are at least as brave, and more adventuresome [compared with whites]. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present. . . . They are more ardent after their female: but love seems with them to be more an eager desire,... | |
 | Peter S. Onuf - 1993 - 500 pages
...whites in the endowments of body and mind." Jefferson conceded blacks were brave, but this was due to "a want of fore-thought, which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present."20 Jefferson could assert the equality of mankind only by excluding blacks. He admitted some... | |
 | Conor Cruise O'Brien - 1996 - 404 pages
..."more adventuresome." "But," he wrote, withdrawing even this mild encomium, "this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing...with more coolness or steadiness than the whites." Negroes were "more ardent," their griefs "transient." "In general," he concluded, "their existence... | |
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They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present. 
