04/07/1796
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"The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation."
"Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit of all."
"Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicab..."
"I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of g..."