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... early day , and they resolved to defeat my re- election as Clerk of the House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend ...
... early day , and they resolved to defeat my re- election as Clerk of the House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend ...
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... early and imperious leader a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his un- broken command over them resulted from his silent and sober nature . The foreman of a ...
... early and imperious leader a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his un- broken command over them resulted from his silent and sober nature . The foreman of a ...
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... early , for their gifts were precious indeed , and deserved to be enjoyed for a long time alike by themselves and their country . Conrad lived until 1858 , when he was forty - eight years old ; and Barton is supposed to have been ...
... early , for their gifts were precious indeed , and deserved to be enjoyed for a long time alike by themselves and their country . Conrad lived until 1858 , when he was forty - eight years old ; and Barton is supposed to have been ...
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... early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived in Washington for some time . as a member of the British embassy , and felt an ...
... early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived in Washington for some time . as a member of the British embassy , and felt an ...
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... early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania , and traversed Chester County with John Hickman , pledging the Democracy ...
... early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania , and traversed Chester County with John Hickman , pledging the Democracy ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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