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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 292 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=17mm, Gew.=431gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 292 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=17mm, Gew.=431gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II JAMES MADISON?DIPLOMACY On the day of his inauguration, James Madison was nearing his fifty-eighth birthday. He was born on the 16th of March, 1751, at Port Conway, Virginia, of respectable parents in " independent and comfortable circumstances." Excellent preparation by private tutors enabled him to enter Princeton at the age of eighteen. After graduation he soon found what he called his "first entrance into public life," for he was sent as a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1776. In this body he secured the adoption of an article which stands to-day in the Bill of Rights of Virginia declaring that " all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience." His sentiments were generous and his sympathies broad. His scholarship ranked him with the best informed men of his day. He was small in stature, precise, dignified, courteous, modest and reserved in manner. He lacked an imposing presence, but was influential in political affairs. His public service lasted forty years, and he lived to see the experiment of his youth become the achievement of his old age. In working for the erection of a great popular government he often served other men without the return of their approbation. He was an old young man, poised, unaggressive, yet persistent, and with rare powers of taking pains. His correspondence with the foremost men of the times reveals both the maturity of his thought and the confidence of his friends in the sanity of his judgment. Hispeculiar ability in clear statement is set forth in a letter from Jefferson in which Madison was urged to answer Hamilton: "For God's sake, take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to 'Curtius' and 'Camillus.' Hamilton is really a colossus, and when he comes forward there...<

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either pa… Mehr…

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ISBN: 9781458879103

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either pa… Mehr…

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