...Jefferson noted in his inaugural speech of 1801, America freed from European domination had become, "A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...traversing all the seas with the rich productions of her industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to...

...waters off shores and in between them. IV Liberty and Sea-Order "a rising nation, spread over a wise and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry" Jefferson's Inaugural March 4. 180I," This, to be sure was no place to keep the Fourth ol July To keep...

...of American exceptionalism. As he entered the office of the presidency, he enjoyed the governance of "a rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye." He expected a "perfect consolidation," but it was one of sentiment, not of power. It was to be found...

...Jefferson revealed this in his First Inaugural Address by acknowledging "that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious...and the weakness of my powers so justly inspire." An institution is a corporate body, as, for example, the ancient College of Augers, the Benedictine...

...Bolivar's letter and less than two centuries since the founding of the first permanent English colonies: A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land,...advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of the mortal eye — when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness,...

...prodigies." His poetic passion reached one of its heights in the first inaugural, when Jefferson spoke of "a rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of the mortal eye." When the new president took to "contemplate these transcendent objects," he would...

...operated under governmental systems different from, and antithetical to, that of the United States — "nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye."'2 Because Americans lived by different values and different principles, the basis of which Jefferson...

...they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious...advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of the mortal eye — when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness,...

...that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentimertts, which the greatness of the charge, and the weakness...the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commeree with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies heyond the reach...

...address at the dawn of a new century, was visionary as he saw the land beyond the mountains as part of "a rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful...seas with the rich productions of their industry, . . . advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye" (Writings of Thomas Jefferson...