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... cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like an- other Coriolanus . Robed in his dressing - gown , he spoke a few minutes , but in a manner I shall never forget . His voice , al ...
... cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like an- other Coriolanus . Robed in his dressing - gown , he spoke a few minutes , but in a manner I shall never forget . His voice , al ...
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... It is said that he is now receiving more money for legal services than any man in his profession . Of course his labors are heavy , but he lightens then by his calm and cheer- ful philosophy , his cultivated literary tastes , and his.
... It is said that he is now receiving more money for legal services than any man in his profession . Of course his labors are heavy , but he lightens then by his calm and cheer- ful philosophy , his cultivated literary tastes , and his.
Page 118
... cheers of the conven- tion , that the doom of the Kinderhook statesman was sealed . James K. Polk received the nomination , which would have been conferred upon Pennsylvania , in the person of James Buchan- an , if the latter had not ...
... cheers of the conven- tion , that the doom of the Kinderhook statesman was sealed . James K. Polk received the nomination , which would have been conferred upon Pennsylvania , in the person of James Buchan- an , if the latter had not ...
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... [ Cheers . ] If God has placed us in the van of the great contest for the rights and liberties of man ; if he has assigned us the post of danger and of suffering , it is that of un- fading glory and imperishable renown . [ Loud cheers ...
... [ Cheers . ] If God has placed us in the van of the great contest for the rights and liberties of man ; if he has assigned us the post of danger and of suffering , it is that of un- fading glory and imperishable renown . [ Loud cheers ...
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... cheers . ] To acknowledge the absurd and anarchical doctrine of secession , as is demanded of us here ; to abdicate the power of self - preservation , and permit the Union to be dissolved , is ruin , disgrace , and suicide . There is ...
... cheers . ] To acknowledge the absurd and anarchical doctrine of secession , as is demanded of us here ; to abdicate the power of self - preservation , and permit the Union to be dissolved , is ruin , disgrace , and suicide . There is ...
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