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... cabinet . One reason why he preferred to keep silent on the questions facing the country was the impossibility of making any statement that would not displease some faction of a political organization whose ideology ranged from ...
... cabinet . One reason why he preferred to keep silent on the questions facing the country was the impossibility of making any statement that would not displease some faction of a political organization whose ideology ranged from ...
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... Cabinet . He is Lincoln's evil genius . He has been the President de facto , and has kept a sponge saturated with chloroform to Uncle Abe's nose all the while . . . . Smith is a cipher on the right hand of Seward's integer . . Bates is ...
... Cabinet . He is Lincoln's evil genius . He has been the President de facto , and has kept a sponge saturated with chloroform to Uncle Abe's nose all the while . . . . Smith is a cipher on the right hand of Seward's integer . . Bates is ...
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... cabinet . Seward did not attend . The President told how the senators ' complaints had shocked and grieved him . If he called fewer cabinet meetings than his critics thought he should , it was a mark of increasing self - assurance that ...
... cabinet . Seward did not attend . The President told how the senators ' complaints had shocked and grieved him . If he called fewer cabinet meetings than his critics thought he should , it was a mark of increasing self - assurance that ...
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The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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