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... published at Baltimore caused a riot by its conduct in opposing the war with England . The mob attacked the plant of the Republican , with the intention of destroying it . Lee hap- pened to be in the city at the time , and in the effort ...
... published at Baltimore caused a riot by its conduct in opposing the war with England . The mob attacked the plant of the Republican , with the intention of destroying it . Lee hap- pened to be in the city at the time , and in the effort ...
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... published a series of papers under the title of " The Federalist , " which brought about ratification . " These are perhaps the ablest po- litical essays in the English language , " declares Prof. Brander Matthews in his introduction to ...
... published a series of papers under the title of " The Federalist , " which brought about ratification . " These are perhaps the ablest po- litical essays in the English language , " declares Prof. Brander Matthews in his introduction to ...
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... published in 1800 , and so has abided a century , and bids fair to survive years yet . How few books published since and heralded by the critics as of great worth have sur- vived the changes of even fifty years ! Weems's name is very ...
... published in 1800 , and so has abided a century , and bids fair to survive years yet . How few books published since and heralded by the critics as of great worth have sur- vived the changes of even fifty years ! Weems's name is very ...
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... published a number of discourses on various subjects . He was always kind to struggling merit . In- deed , he sought it out , and , where possible , ad- vanced it . He was an early and steadfast friend of Edgar A. Poe , the great but ...
... published a number of discourses on various subjects . He was always kind to struggling merit . In- deed , he sought it out , and , where possible , ad- vanced it . He was an early and steadfast friend of Edgar A. Poe , the great but ...
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... published monthly in London , and jestingly suggested to Kennedy to write the copy for the next chapter that was to appear . The latter agreed . This chapter was the fourth of the second volume . The circum- stance may account for the ...
... published monthly in London , and jestingly suggested to Kennedy to write the copy for the next chapter that was to appear . The latter agreed . This chapter was the fourth of the second volume . The circum- stance may account for the ...
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Great Southerners: Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen ..., Volume 1 Will Thomas Hale No preview available - 2016 |
Great Southerners. Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen ..., Volume 1 Will T. (Will Thomas) Hale No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 131 - ... so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro may justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 149 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 4 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 18 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 149 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 221 - If he was wanted at Lima, he was on the Atlantic in the next fleet. If he was wanted at Bagdad, he was toiling through the desert with the next caravan. If his ministry was needed in some country where his life was more insecure than that of a wolf, where it was a crime to...
Page 12 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 157 - With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Page 154 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time?
Page 217 - Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the...