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3599. GRATITUDE, National.—

I think
* * * that nations are to be governed with
regard to their own interest, but I am convinced
that it is their interest, in the long
run, to be grateful, faithful to their engagements
even in the worst of circumstances,
and honorable and generous always.—
To M. de Lafayette. Washington ed. iii, 132. Ford ed., v, 152.
(N.Y., 1790)