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... Douglas . No twentieth - century observer can truly understand or evaluate the crowd appeal of the men . An ... Douglas on others . No fair - minded person could possibly conclude other than that this was a battle of giants and that the ...
... Douglas . No twentieth - century observer can truly understand or evaluate the crowd appeal of the men . An ... Douglas on others . No fair - minded person could possibly conclude other than that this was a battle of giants and that the ...
Page 130
... Douglas interpretation.57 For the third example , if Douglas had Lincoln in trouble over the " conspiracy , " Lincoln more than returned the honors when Douglas took up the matter of " forgery . " The incident arose in the fourth debate ...
... Douglas interpretation.57 For the third example , if Douglas had Lincoln in trouble over the " conspiracy , " Lincoln more than returned the honors when Douglas took up the matter of " forgery . " The incident arose in the fourth debate ...
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... Douglas were right and that it was so , he argued with great skill and force that this right " expressly affirmed in the Constitution " must then necessarily exist everywhere — in both states and territories within the juris- diction of ...
... Douglas were right and that it was so , he argued with great skill and force that this right " expressly affirmed in the Constitution " must then necessarily exist everywhere — in both states and territories within the juris- diction of ...
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