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... followed the procession . It was an exquisite moonlight summer evening . The crowd was dense ; the music delicious ; the cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like an- other ...
... followed the procession . It was an exquisite moonlight summer evening . The crowd was dense ; the music delicious ; the cheers inspiring . A long time elapsed before the statesman appeared , and when he did he looked like an- other ...
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... 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 fire - company and the keeper of a saloon , he ...
... 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 fire - company and the keeper of a saloon , he ...
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... followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their gratitude to their unselfish leader . [ February 12 ...
... followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their gratitude to their unselfish leader . [ February 12 ...
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... followed among those who mourned the loss of one of the richest intel- lects and warmest hearts in the ranks of men . Few did more varied labor in life . He was a splendid journalist , orator , and dramatist , and alternated from one ...
... followed among those who mourned the loss of one of the richest intel- lects and warmest hearts in the ranks of men . Few did more varied labor in life . He was a splendid journalist , orator , and dramatist , and alternated from one ...
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... followed the example of An- drew H. Reeder , and had given their experience as governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to , February 3 , 1860 , I was elect- ed Clerk of the ...
... followed the example of An- drew H. Reeder , and had given their experience as governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to , February 3 , 1860 , I was elect- ed Clerk of the ...
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