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5617. NATION (United States), Supremacy.—
Not in our day, but at no distant
one, we may shake a rod over the heads of
all, which may make the stoutest of them
tremble. But I hope our wisdom will grow
with our power, and teach us, that the less
we use our power the greater it will be.—
To Thomas Leiper. Washington ed. vi, 465.
Ford ed., ix, 520.
(M.
1815)
See Policy.
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