An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, Part 1 |
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... talked of even now by old people at Portland , where he lived and died just before I was born , whence the misfortune of my name . Then there was Baruch Chase , also a graduate of Dartmouth , and also a lawyer well reported of , who ...
... talked of even now by old people at Portland , where he lived and died just before I was born , whence the misfortune of my name . Then there was Baruch Chase , also a graduate of Dartmouth , and also a lawyer well reported of , who ...
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... talked with Chase himself about the long nameless science which Hum- boldt might have been expected to denominate Toponomy , a science to which his immortal Kosmos has most admirably furnished light and guidance . I excepted to the ...
... talked with Chase himself about the long nameless science which Hum- boldt might have been expected to denominate Toponomy , a science to which his immortal Kosmos has most admirably furnished light and guidance . I excepted to the ...
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... talked of for Governor . He was , I believe , never a candidate . He was , however , a Justice of the Peace , and administered equity ! I have heard that he was less careful of form than substance , so much so that once when a couple ...
... talked of for Governor . He was , I believe , never a candidate . He was , however , a Justice of the Peace , and administered equity ! I have heard that he was less careful of form than substance , so much so that once when a couple ...
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... talked the other evening with Mrs. Admiral Goldsborough , the sole surviving daughter of that genial , tasteful family . She had been , to the last , one of the dearest friends of him whose life is here related . She will pardon me for ...
... talked the other evening with Mrs. Admiral Goldsborough , the sole surviving daughter of that genial , tasteful family . She had been , to the last , one of the dearest friends of him whose life is here related . She will pardon me for ...
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... talked about that , more than once . We may well suppose that , to him , the suggestions of the works of art he viewed at Washington were , on the whole , agreeable and elevating . Is the nation right in so enriching and embellishing ...
... talked about that , more than once . We may well suppose that , to him , the suggestions of the works of art he viewed at Washington were , on the whole , agreeable and elevating . Is the nation right in so enriching and embellishing ...
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Page 771 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 646 - ... and declares only that the powers "not delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.
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Page 771 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
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Page 496 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 464 - I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to fake.
Page 489 - I know of none which promises so certain results and is at the same time so unobjectionable as the organization of banking associations, under a general act of Congress, well guarded in its provisions. To such associations the Government might furnish circulating notes, on the security of United States bonds deposited in the Treasury.