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It is always the case , I think , when great objects and great enterprises , which are feasible , are hindered or defeated ... have my own way of obtaining a great public object , I will accept the best other way which opens before me .
It is always the case , I think , when great objects and great enterprises , which are feasible , are hindered or defeated ... have my own way of obtaining a great public object , I will accept the best other way which opens before me .
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The preamble declares its object to be to " set forth and fix the views and intentions of the two nations with reference to any means of communication by ship canal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...
The preamble declares its object to be to " set forth and fix the views and intentions of the two nations with reference to any means of communication by ship canal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...
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By a reference to the clause , it will be seen , that under even the construction claimed by our adversary , two objects are assigned - two ends are to be effected- first , to avoid any legislation or regulation by the states , in con- ...
By a reference to the clause , it will be seen , that under even the construction claimed by our adversary , two objects are assigned - two ends are to be effected- first , to avoid any legislation or regulation by the states , in con- ...
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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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