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... of self - reliance , of sincere friendship , of personal independence and integrity , of toleration and forbearance . It is a maxim , that when men begin to write 470454 their recollections they are getting old ; but you have ROCHEST is ...
... of self - reliance , of sincere friendship , of personal independence and integrity , of toleration and forbearance . It is a maxim , that when men begin to write 470454 their recollections they are getting old ; but you have ROCHEST is ...
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... writing it , and will sympathize with me in the spirit with which it was composed , I shall be abundantly compensated . J. W. FORNEY . PHILADELPHIA , June 2 , 1873 . ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN . I. IN 1850 , after viii DEDICATION .
... writing it , and will sympathize with me in the spirit with which it was composed , I shall be abundantly compensated . J. W. FORNEY . PHILADELPHIA , June 2 , 1873 . ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN . I. IN 1850 , after viii DEDICATION .
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... writer in my old paper , The Lancaster | Intelligencer & Journal , and in The Pennsylvanian . His diction was cold ... writing , and still occasionally varies his heavy professional toil by the same agreeable relaxation . I have known ...
... writer in my old paper , The Lancaster | Intelligencer & Journal , and in The Pennsylvanian . His diction was cold ... writing , and still occasionally varies his heavy professional toil by the same agreeable relaxation . I have known ...
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... Writing of Thomas H. Benton recalls an incident that hap- pened during the Presidency of James K. Polk , when Mr. Bu- chanan was Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon ...
... Writing of Thomas H. Benton recalls an incident that hap- pened during the Presidency of James K. Polk , when Mr. Bu- chanan was Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon ...
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... his language , indicated none of the hard experience of his youth . He was fond of books , and was a rare judge of men . I have his picture before me as I SENATOR BRODERICK . 25 write , and as I look 24 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... his language , indicated none of the hard experience of his youth . He was fond of books , and was a rare judge of men . I have his picture before me as I SENATOR BRODERICK . 25 write , and as I look 24 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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