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... nation itself is brought into imminent peril , into worse dangers than War ever thundered upon our fathers ' honored heads . In the last five years , it has often seemed as if our Republican Ship must perish , and this Democracy , like ...
... nation itself is brought into imminent peril , into worse dangers than War ever thundered upon our fathers ' honored heads . In the last five years , it has often seemed as if our Republican Ship must perish , and this Democracy , like ...
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... children's children round their venerable board . Thus the individual man seeks to commemorate his private personal joy , and build up a monument of his domestic bliss . So , in the life of a nation , there 20 THE BOSTON KIDNAPPING .
... children's children round their venerable board . Thus the individual man seeks to commemorate his private personal joy , and build up a monument of his domestic bliss . So , in the life of a nation , there 20 THE BOSTON KIDNAPPING .
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... nation ; days of rejoicing , till that peo- ple , old and gray with manifold experience , goes the way of all the nations , as of all its men . Thus , on the twenty - second of December , all New England thanks God for those poor ...
... nation ; days of rejoicing , till that peo- ple , old and gray with manifold experience , goes the way of all the nations , as of all its men . Thus , on the twenty - second of December , all New England thanks God for those poor ...
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... nation's joyous day . In all the great cities of the Eastern World , American hearts beat quicker then , and thank their God . But a few days ago , the Hebrew nation commem- orated its escape out of Egypt , celebrating its Pass- over ...
... nation's joyous day . In all the great cities of the Eastern World , American hearts beat quicker then , and thank their God . But a few days ago , the Hebrew nation commem- orated its escape out of Egypt , celebrating its Pass- over ...
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... nations , are reminded of the great facts in their peculiar story ; and mankind learns the lesson they were meant to ... nation , or mankind . Let us mark these days , and be glad . But there are periods of sorrow , not less than joy ...
... nations , are reminded of the great facts in their peculiar story ; and mankind learns the lesson they were meant to ... nation , or mankind . Let us mark these days , and be glad . But there are periods of sorrow , not less than joy ...
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