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Page 24
... jury itself becomes a folk symbol , a kind of microcosm of the people , and the nature of the Lincoln legend might require putting into his jury per- formances a peculiar rapport with the common man . Yet the rapport very possibly ...
... jury itself becomes a folk symbol , a kind of microcosm of the people , and the nature of the Lincoln legend might require putting into his jury per- formances a peculiar rapport with the common man . Yet the rapport very possibly ...
Page 85
... jury , all of whose livelihoods depended more or less upon agreeing with him , that he certainly had no prejudice against St. Louis or against river transportation , " but there is a travel from East to West , whose demands are not less ...
... jury , all of whose livelihoods depended more or less upon agreeing with him , that he certainly had no prejudice against St. Louis or against river transportation , " but there is a travel from East to West , whose demands are not less ...
Page 184
... jury and counsel requested instructions from the judge , Lincoln's special knowledge showed its effect . The summation for Lincoln and his defense counsel occupied a day . In preparing the proposed instructions it is impossible to know ...
... jury and counsel requested instructions from the judge , Lincoln's special knowledge showed its effect . The summation for Lincoln and his defense counsel occupied a day . In preparing the proposed instructions it is impossible to know ...
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