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48. ACTIONS, Judgment and.—

Upwards
of thirty years passed on the stage of
public life and under the public eye, May
surely enable them to judge whether my
future course is likely to be marked with
those departures from reason and moderation,
which the passions of men have been willing
to foresee.—
To William Jackson. Washington ed. iv, 358.
(M. 1801)