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Page 47
... Massachusetts has a sort of vicarious office to this day , and suffers a great deal from the sins of others . The contrast between the prophets , living and dead , is useful , and does not seem to have been lost upon the survivor , Mr ...
... Massachusetts has a sort of vicarious office to this day , and suffers a great deal from the sins of others . The contrast between the prophets , living and dead , is useful , and does not seem to have been lost upon the survivor , Mr ...
Page 49
... Massachusetts , Collamer and Foot , of Vermont ( both after- ward in the Senate and since dead ) , Preston King , of New York ( afterward a Senator and since dead ) , Brodhead , Charles J. Ingersoll , Joseph R. Ingersoll , Lewis C ...
... Massachusetts , Collamer and Foot , of Vermont ( both after- ward in the Senate and since dead ) , Preston King , of New York ( afterward a Senator and since dead ) , Brodhead , Charles J. Ingersoll , Joseph R. Ingersoll , Lewis C ...
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... Massachusetts , before me now , nods approval of the senti- ment . " [ The sentiment of Mr. Delano . ] MR . ADAMS . " Yes , sir . Mr. Chairman , I approve and indorse every word and syllable of it . " Thus encouraged , the wily young ...
... Massachusetts , before me now , nods approval of the senti- ment . " [ The sentiment of Mr. Delano . ] MR . ADAMS . " Yes , sir . Mr. Chairman , I approve and indorse every word and syllable of it . " Thus encouraged , the wily young ...
Page 53
... Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which has done so much and dared so much in human civilization and redemption . It is curious to note the influence of this idea upon all ...
... Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which has done so much and dared so much in human civilization and redemption . It is curious to note the influence of this idea upon all ...
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... Massachusetts , must have been , in most of his qualities , very like the lamented George W. Barton , of Pennsylvania . Quick and impetuous of speech , wholly original in manner , abounding in rich and gorgeous imagery , he was also a ...
... Massachusetts , must have been , in most of his qualities , very like the lamented George W. Barton , of Pennsylvania . Quick and impetuous of speech , wholly original in manner , abounding in rich and gorgeous imagery , he was also a ...
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