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149. ADMINISTRATION, Tranquil.—

The path we have to pursue is so quiet that we have nothing scarcely to propose to our
Legislature. A noiseless course, not meddling
with the affairs of others, unattractive
of notice, is a mark that society is going
on in happiness.—
To Thomas Cooper. Washington ed. iv, 453. Ford ed., viii, 178.
(W. Nov. 1802)