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6048. OFFICE, Choice of.—[further continued] .
I profess so much of the
Roman principle, as to deem it honorable for
the general of yesterday to act as a corporal
to-day, if his services can be useful to his
country; holding that to be false pride, which
postpones the public good to any private
or personal considerations.—
To William Duane. Washington ed. vi, 80.
Ford ed., ix, 367.
(M.
Oct. 1812)
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