The applause of his native land is the richest reward to which the patriot ever aspires. It is this for which 'he bears to live or dares to die.' It is the high incentive to those achievements which illustrate the page of history and give to poetry its brightest charm.
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Were you a merchant, would you settle yourself in a rich or poor neighborhood? You would not be so blind as to locate yourself among persons who would not be able to purchase your goods. So with nations with whom we trade.
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On the coming of that tremendous storm which for eight years desolated our country, Mr. Jefferson hesitated not, halted not.
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Parties are continually changing. The men of today give place to the men of tomorrow, and the idols which one set worship, the next destroy.
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Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.
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I should be pleased to see all the nations on the earth prosperous and happy and rich, for it would furnish to me the best evidence of the prosperity of my native land.
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