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I followed the procession . It was an exquisite moonlight summer evening . The crowd was dense ; the music delicious ; the cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like another ...
I followed the procession . It was an exquisite moonlight summer evening . The crowd was dense ; the music delicious ; the cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like another ...
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Of these he became the early and imperious leader — a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command over them ...
Of these he became the early and imperious leader — a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command over them ...
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... that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegiance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their gratitude to their unselfish leader .
... that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegiance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their gratitude to their unselfish leader .
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There were not many days of that heated and angry period that we did not meet as bosom friends ; and when his last remains were borne to their repose , I followed among those who mourned the loss of one of the richest intellects and ...
There were not many days of that heated and angry period that we did not meet as bosom friends ; and when his last remains were borne to their repose , I followed among those who mourned the loss of one of the richest intellects and ...
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John W. Geary and Robert J. Walker had followed the example of Andrew H. Reeder , and had given their experience as governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to , February 3 ...
John W. Geary and Robert J. Walker had followed the example of Andrew H. Reeder , and had given their experience as governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to , February 3 ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1873 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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