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... speech would " wake up the nation . " Within a few days anti - slavery Democrats , Free Soilers , and Abolitionists praised it enthusiastically . Before the end of the month , 100,000 copies were sent out from Washington . The speech ...
... speech would " wake up the nation . " Within a few days anti - slavery Democrats , Free Soilers , and Abolitionists praised it enthusiastically . Before the end of the month , 100,000 copies were sent out from Washington . The speech ...
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... speech on " The Crime Against Kansas . " Two days before delivering the speech , he wrote to Theodore Parker that he would " pronounce the most thorough philippic ever uttered in a legislative body . " It was prepared with great care ...
... speech on " The Crime Against Kansas . " Two days before delivering the speech , he wrote to Theodore Parker that he would " pronounce the most thorough philippic ever uttered in a legislative body . " It was prepared with great care ...
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... speech were those in reference to Senator Butler of South Carolina and to Senator Douglas , all the more irritating as Senator Butler was not present in the Senate at the time the speech was delivered . Comparing Butler and Douglas with ...
... speech were those in reference to Senator Butler of South Carolina and to Senator Douglas , all the more irritating as Senator Butler was not present in the Senate at the time the speech was delivered . Comparing Butler and Douglas with ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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