...affairs of- his country, and to guide its public councils in those moments of difficulty when " fi new and troubled scene is opened, and the " file affords no precedent," — is a question which we have no adequate means of determining. His diplomatic correspondence will...

...art, and expand at once to the full proportions of a statesman and legislator? In such an emergency, " when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent," must not the " attorneys," Adams and Jefferson, be overwhelmed in the stormy elements, which, like...

...persons who are nurtured in office do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...ever office gave, or than office can ever give. Mr. Grenvllle thought better of the wisdom and power of human legislation than in truth it deserves. He...

...who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common' order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." that general principles assist us in the conduct of affairs ; they render the application of our practical...

...who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common' order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Nor is it in new combinations of circumstances alone, that general principles assist us in the conduct...

...persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Men of general views possess a natural superiority over the common drudges in business, whose ideas...

...nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when tlie high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Men of general views possess a natural superiority over the common drudges in business, whose ideas...

...long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that...greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprcdien sion of things is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." praise...

...therefore, men conversant in office do admirably well as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the^/e affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive...

...persons who are nurtured in office do admirably well as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out,...Grenville thought better of the wisdom and power of human legiblation than in truth it deserves. He conceived, and many conceived along with him, that the flourishing...