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" He is vain, irritable and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which govern men. This is all the ill which can possibly be said of him. "
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson - Page 92
1871 - 432 pages
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...London, have given me opportunities of studying him closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad cnlculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...is all the ill which can possibly be said of him. lie is as disinterested as the Being who made him : & i he is profound in his views and accurate in...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and ...

William Linn - Presidents - 1834 - 284 pages
...and of a blindness to it of which no germe then appeared. He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...; he is profound in his views, and accurate in his judgement, except where knowledge of the world is necessary to form a judgement. He is so amiable,...
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The life of Thomas Jefferson, Issue 112, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 726 pages
...London, have given mo opportunities of studying him closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad caleulator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...his judgment, except where knowledge of the world ii necessary to form a judgment. He is so amiable, that I pronounce you will love him, if ever you...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 698 pages
...of studying hia closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable oStcl of the motives which govern men. This is all the ill...his judgment, except where knowledge of the world » necessary to form a judgment. He is so amiable, that I pronounce you win lore him, if ever you become...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 710 pages
...London, have given me opportunities of studying him closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad caleulator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...him. He is as disinterested as the being who made him : be is profound in his views, and accurate in his judgment, except where knowledge of the world is...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 12

1865 - 1046 pages
...alienated in opinion, in a letter to Madison : — " He " is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator " of the force and probable effect of the motives which...in his views and accurate in his judgment, except when knowledge of the world is necessary to form a judgment. He ' is so amiable that I pronounce you...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 12

1865 - 568 pages
...alienated in opinion, in a letter to Madison : — " He " is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...is all the ill which can possibly be said of him. lie is as disinterested as the Being who made him ; he is profound in his views and accurate in his...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...London,, have given me opportunities of studying him closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...except where knowledge of the world is necessary to found judgment. He is so amiable, that I pronounce you will love him if ever you become acquainted...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...London, have given me opportunities of studying him closely. He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...He is as disinterested as the Being who made him. Ho is profound in his views, and accurate in his judgment, except where knowledge of the world is necessary...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 34

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...intimacy with him in London and Paris, writes to Madison : " He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which...is all the ill which can possibly be said of him." And in the same letter he dwells on the merits of one about eight years his senior: " He is disinterested,...
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