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" I am certain that this mode of deciding on my conduct, tended more to correctness than any reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character for... "
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson - Page 26
1871 - 432 pages
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 698 pages
...reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card player', fox hunters, scientific and professional men. and of dignified men ; and...
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The life of Thomas Jefferson, Issue 112, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 726 pages
...reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character...erred. From the circumstances of my position, I was oflen thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - United States - 1871 - 704 pages
...possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of '.wo courses would be in character for them. Whereas, seeking...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men. and of dignified men ; and...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 29

American essays - 1872 - 794 pages
...reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I never could doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character...Whereas, seeking the same object through a process of much reasoning and with the jaundiced eye of youth, I should often have erred." He tells his grandson...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 27

Education - 1877 - 972 pages
...Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courseĀ» would be in character for them. Whereas, seeking the...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men ; and...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 27

Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be iu character for them. Whereas, seeking the same object...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men ; and...
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The Virginia "Peerage": Or, Sketches of Virginians Distinguished ..., Volume 1

Robert Templeman Craighill - Virginia - 1880 - 370 pages
...reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men ; and...
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The Virginia "Peerage": Or, Sketches of Virginians Distinguished ..., Volume 1

Robert Templeman Craighill - Virginia - 1880 - 378 pages
...even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would We in character for them. Whereas, seeking the same object...my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse racers, card players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men; and...
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The Founders of the American Republic: A History and Biography

Charles Mackay - Democracy - 1885 - 462 pages
...deciding on my conduct tended more to correctness than any powers of reasoning which I possessed. . . . From the circumstances of my position, I was often...society of horse-racers, card-players, foxhunters, as well as of scientific and professional men, and many a time have I asked myself in the enthusiastic...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1807-1815

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1898 - 580 pages
...reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even & dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which of two courses would be in character...same object through a process of moral reasoning, & with the jaundiced eye of youth, I should often have erred. From the circumstances of my position,...
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