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Let me bear my witness bravely, not spending life in speech, but not undervaluing speech above all, not being ashamed or afraid of it, because other wise people may prefer a policy of silence. A man has but the one puny life, the one tiny spark of faith. Better be venturesome with both for God's sake, than over-cautious, over-thrifty. And to his own Master he standeth or falleth!
The Government is strong, courageous, determined, abundantly able to make a successful resistance, and even to kill the insolent enemy; but it is muzzled: muzzled here by conservative counsels, and there by radical complaints, by the over-cautious policy of one general, and the headlong haste of another, by a too tender regard for slavery in some States, and by a too zealous anxiety for instant emancipation in others, by fear of provoking opposition in one quarter, and by a blind defiance of all obstacles in another.
Seeing then that several of the British vessels had not come within point-blank, but, through professional timidity, or over-cautious reverence for the line of battle, were engaging at long range a single Spaniard, he quitted his own position, brought her also to close quarters, and after an obstinate contest, creditable to both parties, forced her to surrender.
The expressed intention of softening the heart of Philip by the use of straightforward language seemed but a sorry sarcasm. It was hardly worth while to wait long for so improbable a result. Thus much for England at that juncture. Not inimical, certainly; but over-cautious, ungenerous, teasing, and perplexing, was the policy of the maiden Queen.
He knew that the former was over-cautious; he knew that the latter was over-anxious. No sudden assault on the Richmond lines, weak as they were, was to be apprehended, and a threat against Washington was certain to have great results.
The shock experienced by the over-cautious buyer was consequently all the greater when one day be discovered that the present owner, with whom he had negotiated in too timid a fashion, had just sold his piece of land to somebody else.
I'm not suggesting myself as a third, either! 'Perhaps I'm over-cautious, Griggs said. 'It does not matter. You began by saying that you wished you knew me better. You meant that if you did, you would either tell me something which you don't tell everybody, or you would come to me for advice about something, or you would ask me to do something for you. Is that it? 'I suppose so.
Was it prudent, also, at this boisterous time of the year to risk the valuable cargo which she now had on board, by crossing and recrossing the dangerous bar of that river? These doubts were probably suggested or enforced by Captain Sowle, who, it has already been seen, was an over-cautious, or rather, a timid seaman, and they may have had some weight with Mr.
When the jester had left them to go upon his errand, Francesco turned to his companion. "Fanfulla, you are over-cautious," he said, with an easy smile. "What shall it matter that I am recognised?" "I would not have it happen for a kingdom while you are so near Sant' Angelo. The six of us who met last night are doomed those of us who are not dead already.
Common sense, indeed, so far from being wanting, is in most cases too much in evidence, perhaps, crippling the soaring mind and robbing the idea of its early radiance; in quieter language, she makes the average Scotsman to be over-cautious. His combinations are rarely Napoleonic until he becomes an American. In his native dales he seldom ventures on a daring policy.
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