...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted...

...greatest quantity of happiness with the least expense. Address and Declaration, 1791 Fortitude There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude. The American Crisis, 1776, In speaking of George Washington I have nothing to fear unless innocence...

...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall...

...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. ... "A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that...

...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the Character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall...

...trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see,...uninterrupted health and given him a mind that can receive instructions from heaven. "I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the...

...Autobiography of Rush, 124. 36. Ibid., 125. Paine wrote of Washington that "There is a natural f1rmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles,...when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude." 38 Congressman William Hooper of North Carolina marveled at "how often America has been rescued from...

...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures...new States, shall never interfere with the priman' remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it...

...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...him a mind that can even flourish upon care. . . . I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held...

...and Washington's character through the recent trials, writing that "God hath blessed [the General] with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. " The author also attacked the Tories' desire to stay loyal to Great Britain. "Every Tory is a coward,...