Both Uses
intrinsic
in
Washington's Farewell Address
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- Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.†
*intrinsically = in a manner related to the very nature of something
- To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment, inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties), ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate.†
intrinsic = belonging to a thing by its very nature
Definitions:
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(1)
(intrinsic) belonging naturally or essential to the nature of something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)