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I have always maintained , and I think I always shall maintain , that it is a great fund , the common property of the whole people of the United States , properly to be applied to objects of great national improvement and beneficence .
I have always maintained , and I think I always shall maintain , that it is a great fund , the common property of the whole people of the United States , properly to be applied to objects of great national improvement and beneficence .
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I. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal , agreeing that neither will ever erect ...
I. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal , agreeing that neither will ever erect ...
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That there being no offence charged in the publication , an action could not have been maintained for such words spoken . " 2d . That upon due consideration of the whole subject , there was no difference in reason or principle between ...
That there being no offence charged in the publication , an action could not have been maintained for such words spoken . " 2d . That upon due consideration of the whole subject , there was no difference in reason or principle between ...
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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