...mvolved. The question, he said, was the most momentous which had come before him since that of American independence. "That made us a nation; this sets our compass and points 379 the course which we steer through the ocean of time opening on us." 1 And he laid down a maxim...

...dated October 24, 1823. Never were sentiments sounder in themselves, or more beautifully expressed : "The question presented by the letters you have sent...course which we are to steer through the ocean of time. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim...

...efforts to defeat the meditated crusade." Mr. Jefferson was even more explicit: "The question you have presented by the letters you have sent me is the most...embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our flrit and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second,...

...have sent me is the most momentous which has been offered to my contemplation since the Declaration of Independence. That made us a nation; this sets...course which we are to steer through the ocean of time. Our first and fundamental maxim should be never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our...

...casque of a foe. The old-time fire was not quenched nor the zeal abated. Listen to the grand old man: " The question presented by the letters you have sent me is the most momentous which has been offered to my contemplation since the Declaration of Independence. That made us a nation; this...

...of international affairs. He replied to President Monroe's letters in these strong, clear words : " The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark upon it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle...

...October 24, 1823. The opening strain of this letter gives the keynote of the policy to be announced. " The question presented by the letters you have sent...we are to steer through the ocean of time opening upon us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental...

...momentoos which has ever been offered tso my contsemplatJon smee that of Independence.. That made as a nation, this sets our compass and points the course...-under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and ftmdaraienlal maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe- Our second, never...

...1823, Mr. Jefferson, at the age of eighty years, responds with the vigor and vivacity of youth: — " The question presented by the letters you have sent...offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. . . . "Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe....

...the most momentous which had come before him since that of American independence. " That," said he, " made us a nation ; this sets our compass and points the course which we steer through the ocean of time opening on us," * and he laid it down as a fixed and fundamental maxim...