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... remarked that it would make Abolition fashionable . A despised movement was indeed made fashionable for a while by a little Yankee woman " just as thin and dry as a pinch of snuff . " 15 The lasting results were not immediately evident ...
... remarked that it would make Abolition fashionable . A despised movement was indeed made fashionable for a while by a little Yankee woman " just as thin and dry as a pinch of snuff . " 15 The lasting results were not immediately evident ...
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... remarked : " I am determined to arouse the people to the importance of the slavery issue and get up an organization through which they can get control of the govern- ment . And if I become satisfied that these efforts will fail , and ...
... remarked : " I am determined to arouse the people to the importance of the slavery issue and get up an organization through which they can get control of the govern- ment . And if I become satisfied that these efforts will fail , and ...
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... remarked : " There is fa- tuity in nominating a general and a warrior in time of war on a peace platform . " 54 McClellan was not prepared to accept the platform without qualification . Moreover he was not willing to speak of war as ...
... remarked : " There is fa- tuity in nominating a general and a warrior in time of war on a peace platform . " 54 McClellan was not prepared to accept the platform without qualification . Moreover he was not willing to speak of war as ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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