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2149. DEITY, Goodness of.—

When we assemble together to consider the state of
our beloved country, our just attentions are
first drawn to those pleasing circumstances
which mark the goodness of that Being from
whose favor they flow, and the large measure
of thankfulness we owe for His bounty.—
Second Annual Message. Washington ed. viii, 15. Ford ed., viii, 181.
(Dec. 1802)