 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 24by Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1871 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...more to its correctness than any reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 594 pages
...more to its correctness than any reasoning powers I- possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1829 - 552 pages
...powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, 1 could never doubt for a 117 moment which of two courses would be in character...moral reasoning, and with the jaundiced eye of youth, 1 should often have erred. From the circumstances of my position, I was often thrown into the society... | |
 | William Linn - Presidents - 1834 - 282 pages
...more to its correctness thafi any reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which...society of horse-racers, card-players, fox-hunters, scientifick and professional men, and of dignified men ; and many a time have I asked myself, in the... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...more to its correctness than any reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which...thrown into the society of horse-racers, card-players, fox hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men ; and many a time have I asked myself,... | |
 | William Linn - Presidents - 1834 - 284 pages
...more to its correctness than any reasoning powers I possessed. Knowing the even and dignified line they pursued, I could never doubt for a moment which...for them. Whereas, seeking the same object through n process of moral reasoning, and with the jaundiced eye of youth, I should often have erred. From... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...more to its 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 bciu character for them. Whereas, seeking the same object through a process of moral reasoning, and... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1853 - 638 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1853 - 636 pages
...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...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... | |
 | American essays - 1872 - 806 pages
...than any 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...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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