...benevolence. — Who can doubt that to the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richiy repay any temporary advantages which might be lost...be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felieity of a Nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment...

...give mankind the too novel example of a People always guided by exalted justice and benevolence.... Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?" 3 These comments suggest that Washington envisioned a day in which a larger, more powerful United States,...

...acknowledged powers and authority. 27 Smyth gave evidence of the veracity of Washington's now-famous query, "Can it be ... that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?" 28 Unity. Providence. Virtue. Liberty. Patriotism. These were the themes that dominated both the textbooks...

...American adventure in freedom as an experiment, Washington here concludes the "Lesson" by inquiring, "Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?" (276). Given the findings of this chapter, we can safely assume that, by "virtue," Washington has in...

...to give mankind the too novel example of a People always guided by exalted justice and benevolence Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?"3 These comments suggest that Washington envisioned a day in which a larger, more powerful...

...magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that, in the course of time and things,...nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies...

...course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages wch. might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it...Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices? 49 APPENDIX 2 Washington's Names for Providence For me, it is enough to have seen the divine Arm visibly...

...magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things,...a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages that might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent...

...as the "mere Politician."13 Reiterating the basic point later in the speech, he asks rhetorically, "Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?"14 Here in the Farewell Address, Washington acknowledges that a full "volume could not trace...