| United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1867 - 732 páginas
...spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of destruction to elective governments." His illustrious successor, Mr. Jefferson, in his message of December 2, 1306, enforces the same idea,... | |
| United States. General Land Office - 1867 - 388 páginas
...spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of destruction to elective governments." His illustrious successor, Mr. Jefferson, in his message of December 2, 1806, enforces the same idea,... | |
| Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1923 - 380 páginas
...spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of destruction to elective government"; and in Daniel Webster's oft quoted statement: "On the diffusion of education among the... | |
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