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... course of my party in regard to Kansas , and I made no concealment of my doubts . The angry protests of the North against that contem- plated villainy were being heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right ...
... course of my party in regard to Kansas , and I made no concealment of my doubts . The angry protests of the North against that contem- plated villainy were being heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right ...
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... course of years , if our wilderness were opened up by wise and generous legisla- tion . He had none of the small arts that would dwarf great enterprises by counting the profits of those who led in them . He justly believed that where ...
... course of years , if our wilderness were opened up by wise and generous legisla- tion . He had none of the small arts that would dwarf great enterprises by counting the profits of those who led in them . He justly believed that where ...
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... 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.
... 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.
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... course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to the proscriptive and shameless policy of the present Administration of the General Govern- ment , and of ...
... course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to the proscriptive and shameless policy of the present Administration of the General Govern- ment , and of ...
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... course on all questions , and who often confessed that he never fully in- vestigated a mooted point without finding himself a neutral , asked for leave of absence . " Mr. Speaker , " said Stevens , " I do not rise to object , but to ...
... course on all questions , and who often confessed that he never fully in- vestigated a mooted point without finding himself a neutral , asked for leave of absence . " Mr. Speaker , " said Stevens , " I do not rise to object , but to ...
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