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... Union and refused all voluntary action under it . He closed his law office , for an attorney had to take an oath to ... Union and Liberty , then I choose Liberty first , Union afterward ! " 10 " The Union , " he remarked with a calmness ...
... Union and refused all voluntary action under it . He closed his law office , for an attorney had to take an oath to ... Union and Liberty , then I choose Liberty first , Union afterward ! " 10 " The Union , " he remarked with a calmness ...
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... Union , praise it , and worship the idol we have made , that slavery is so strong as it is . Now , the mission of ... Union must be preserved . It was organic , autoch- thonic ; it was part of the soil ; it was part of the blood ; it was ...
... Union , praise it , and worship the idol we have made , that slavery is so strong as it is . Now , the mission of ... Union must be preserved . It was organic , autoch- thonic ; it was part of the soil ; it was part of the blood ; it was ...
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... Union , when union meant lies in the pulpit and mobs in the streets , when union meant making white men hypocrites and black men slaves . ( Cheers . ) I did prefer purity to peace , -I acknowledge it . The child of six generations of ...
... Union , when union meant lies in the pulpit and mobs in the streets , when union meant making white men hypocrites and black men slaves . ( Cheers . ) I did prefer purity to peace , -I acknowledge it . The child of six generations of ...
Contents
The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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