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As the country was never so little indebted abroad , so had there never been a greater abundance of capital at home . To carry on the system of commerce , those engaged in it required the same amount of capital they had before enjoyed .
As the country was never so little indebted abroad , so had there never been a greater abundance of capital at home . To carry on the system of commerce , those engaged in it required the same amount of capital they had before enjoyed .
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She never again can be less than that . She can never again be a province or a colony ; nor can she be made to shrink and shrivel into the proportions of a federal dependent territory . California , then , henceforth and forever ...
She never again can be less than that . She can never again be a province or a colony ; nor can she be made to shrink and shrivel into the proportions of a federal dependent territory . California , then , henceforth and forever ...
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He never commenced any conversation with any body , never asked a question ; smiled without cause ; got up out of his bed at night many times , sometimes two or three times in the same night , and on such occasions would sing irregu- ...
He never commenced any conversation with any body , never asked a question ; smiled without cause ; got up out of his bed at night many times , sometimes two or three times in the same night , and on such occasions would sing irregu- ...
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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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