 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 Seiten
...intimately and thoroughly; and were I called to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of...Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgmerit was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination,... | |
 | 1901 - 208 Seiten
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of...and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly... | |
 | 1902 - 494 Seiten
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, without being of...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, lie selected whatever was... | |
 | 1902 - 424 Seiten
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: 2. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 Seiten
...dust"; — " everlasting to everlasting " (endless past to endless future). CXXI.— WASHINGTON 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. 2. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.... | |
 | Sarah E. Sprague - 1904 - 272 Seiten
...do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. WASHINGTON. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 334 Seiten
...and thoroughly; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was... | |
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His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... 
