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" Not so can it ever be in the hands of France: the impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth,... "
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Page 488
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...our char37* acter, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury, enterprising and energetic as any nation oit earth ; these circumstances render it impossible that France and the United States can continue...
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Life of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections from the Most Valuable Portions of ...

B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...whilst our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...enterprising and energetic as any nation on earth, are circumstances which render it impossible that France and the United States can continue long friends,...
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-4

John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is highminded ; despising wealth in competition with insult or injury ; enterprising and energetic as any nation on the earth — " these circumstances rendered it impossible that France and the United States could...
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The life of Thomas Jefferson, Issue 114, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 764 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they'do not sec this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to mnke arrangements on that...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 758 pages
...arid our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...States can continue long friends, when they meet in eo irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence

Thomas Jefferson - 1859 - 642 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; arid we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - 1864 - 694 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, ¡з high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...when they meet in so irritable a position. They, as weh1 as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin...
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“The” American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - 1865 - 692 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...earth ; these circumstances render it impossible that Franco and the United States can continue long friends, when they meet in so irritable a position....
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1868 - 758 pages
...and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury,...well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; aud we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and ...

Benson John Lossing - 1868 - 1130 pages
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