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1194. CHARACTER, Strong American.

—The order and good sense displayed in this


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recovery from delusion, and in the momentous
crisis [Presidential election] which lately
arose, really bespeak a strength of character
in our nation which augurs well for the duration
of our Republic; and I am much better
satisfied now of its stability than I was before
it was tried.—
To Dr. Joseph Priestley, Washington ed. iv, 374. Ford ed., viii, 22.
(W. March. 1801)