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It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.
It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.
Learn to think continentally.
Learn to think continentally.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the
commonwealth.
[Lat., Legatus est vir bonus read more
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the
commonwealth.
[Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendem rei
publicae causae.]
Learn to think impartially.
Learn to think impartially.
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, read more
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet.
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with
any portion of the foreign world--so far, I read more
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with
any portion of the foreign world--so far, I mean, as we are now
at liberty to do it.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
Spheres of influence.
Spheres of influence.
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
