The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page iii
... means unconscious of his slight qualifications for so important a task , has attempted to collect and prepare for publication the following work of WILLIAM H. SEWARD . A desire to aid in disseminating the doctrines and principles they ...
... means unconscious of his slight qualifications for so important a task , has attempted to collect and prepare for publication the following work of WILLIAM H. SEWARD . A desire to aid in disseminating the doctrines and principles they ...
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... means to the defence of the wronged and oppressed of every caste and color - he has gained the lasting gratitude and love of the peo- ple with whom , for over a quarter of a century , he has lived as a neighbor and fellow - citizen ...
... means to the defence of the wronged and oppressed of every caste and color - he has gained the lasting gratitude and love of the peo- ple with whom , for over a quarter of a century , he has lived as a neighbor and fellow - citizen ...
Page xxv
... means , to secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state ...
... means , to secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state ...
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... means of instruction . The people , thus kept in abject ignorance , were more easily made the victims of oppression and tyranny , and more liable to become seditious and treasonable . This spectacle produced a strong im- pression on his ...
... means of instruction . The people , thus kept in abject ignorance , were more easily made the victims of oppression and tyranny , and more liable to become seditious and treasonable . This spectacle produced a strong im- pression on his ...
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... means in the assembly , who showed that the increase of tolls on the canals would sustain a loan of thirty millions of dollars , reimbursing it in twenty years , or of forty millions of dol- lars , reimbursing it in twenty - eight years ...
... means in the assembly , who showed that the increase of tolls on the canals would sustain a loan of thirty millions of dollars , reimbursing it in twenty years , or of forty millions of dol- lars , reimbursing it in twenty - eight years ...
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