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It is one of those terms that many measure by the sliding scale , so much in use
by those whose judgments are warped by circumstances , who are men of
principle according to their own interest ; whose consciences are as elastic as
India ...
It is one of those terms that many measure by the sliding scale , so much in use
by those whose judgments are warped by circumstances , who are men of
principle according to their own interest ; whose consciences are as elastic as
India ...
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He is more dangerous than the open knave - for the moment he thinks his interest
can be enhanced by dishonesty , he will Swartwout . We have too much policy in
morals and religion . It is cunning without wisdom , cowardice with hypocrisy ...
He is more dangerous than the open knave - for the moment he thinks his interest
can be enhanced by dishonesty , he will Swartwout . We have too much policy in
morals and religion . It is cunning without wisdom , cowardice with hypocrisy ...
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While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular
interest in union , all the parties combined cannot fail to find , in the united mass
of means and efforts , greater strength , greater resource , proportionably greater
...
While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular
interest in union , all the parties combined cannot fail to find , in the united mass
of means and efforts , greater strength , greater resource , proportionably greater
...
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either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest . Antipathy
in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer insult and
injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable
...
either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest . Antipathy
in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer insult and
injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable
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the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest ,
guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a
situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by
interweaving ...
the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest ,
guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a
situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by
interweaving ...
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