...forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of iucompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself...which is so natural to a man, who views in it the native soil of himself and progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing expectation...

...to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest." Jefferson, in his residence at Monticello, writes, after the death of one of his two children, " My...

...view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life, dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation,...

...to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities,...which is so natural to a man, who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations." Who has not been affected, as...

...to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation,...

...to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation,...

...to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation,...

...to view them with indulgence; and that after forty five years of my life dedicated to its Service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities...oblivion, as myself must soon be to the Mansions of rest. soil of himself and his progenitors for several Generations; — I anticipate with pleasing expectation...

...selfishness, decay and oblivion ! Patriotism ". . . and actuated by that fervent love towards it (native soil) which is so natural to a man, who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations; . . . ". . . constantly keeping...

...forty five years of my life devoted with an upright zeal to the public service the faults of inadequate abilities will be consigned to oblivion as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Neither Ambition nor interest has been the impelling cause of my actions. I never designedly misused...