...enough of that spinl for every salutary purpose ; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the...

...enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose ; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those...

...•jnough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that tn"e habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those...

...enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those...

...enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those...

...every salutary purpose.' And there being constant dange.r of excess, the effort ought to be, by foree of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those...

...constant danger of an excess of it. He closed this passage by branding the spirit of party in a metaphor: "A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume." No one can doubt that by the end of his administration Washington's role had become that of a committed...

...exist enough of it for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest it should not only warm but consume.12 It is in a particular manner to be regretted that our parties...

...enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another...

...enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. 63 Washington's metaphors comported with his view of human nature. From his perspective, the problems...