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... reason . Passion has helped us ; but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason , cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence . Let those materials be ...
... reason . Passion has helped us ; but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason , cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence . Let those materials be ...
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... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , & to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her ...
... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , & to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her ...
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... reason of which I cannot per- ceive , unless it be that they can cast more votes than any other . On reflection , I am not quite sure that there is not cause of suspicion against you , in selecting me , in some sort a politician , and ...
... reason of which I cannot per- ceive , unless it be that they can cast more votes than any other . On reflection , I am not quite sure that there is not cause of suspicion against you , in selecting me , in some sort a politician , and ...
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New Salem | 3 |
Early Years in Springfield | 17 |
Prairie Politics | 71 |
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