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" I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches... "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Página 16
1817
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The American Historical Review, Volumen19

John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1914 - 1020 páginas
...must not take these words or any words of Jones too seriously) : " I am not in arms as an American ... I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the mean distinctions of Climate or of Country, which diminish the benevolence of the Heart and set bounds...
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John Paul Jones

Lewis Frank Tooker - 1916 - 240 páginas
...in the present generous struggle for the right of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife and family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot secure happiness. I profess myself...
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Nelson and Other Naval Studies

James Richard Thursfield - 1920 - 440 páginas
...generous struggle for the rights of men," he wrote to Lady Selkirk, " yet I am not in arms as an American. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy." He subsequently used the...
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Melville's Later Novels

William B. Dillingham - 1986 - 464 páginas
...Correspondence, p. 91. 61. "Nor am I in pursuit of riches," Jones wrote to the countess of Selkirk. "My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor...enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness." Life and Correspondence, p. 91bors none but lofty conceptions" (p. 97). Though in hot pursuit of an...
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John Paul Jones and the American Navy

James C. Bradford - 2001 - 132 páginas
...the present generous Struggle for the rights of Men; yet I am not in Arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of Riches. My Fortune is liberal enough, having no Wife or Family, and having lived long enough to know that Riches cannot ensure Happiness. I profess myself...
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy

Evan Thomas - 2010 - 400 páginas
...in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough,...having lived long enough to know that riches cannot insure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions...
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United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volumen41,Página 1

1843 - 662 páginas
...the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough,...having lived long enough to know that riches cannot insure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions...
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The Rosary Magazine, Volumen44

1914 - 774 páginas
...struggle, for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. * * * I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy. * * * I have sacrificed...
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volumen37

1850 - 450 páginas
...of men, yet l am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that ric es caanot seeure happiness. l profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the...
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Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, Tema 259;Tema 265

1919 - 332 páginas
...announced himself as the impartial defender of the insulted rights of human nature, declaring himself 'totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or of country.'" His attitude of confirmed suspicion toward the United States and its officials was of the same type....
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