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... forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to realize how much one man can condense into a letter repeated every week for over two years ; and if ...
... forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to realize how much one man can condense into a letter repeated every week for over two years ; and if ...
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... forget . His voice , al- ways clear and sonorous , rolled with deeper volume over the crowd . There was no bitterness , but an inexpressible sadness in his words , and when he bade them good - night , and said he should sleep well and ...
... forget . His voice , al- ways clear and sonorous , rolled with deeper volume over the crowd . There was no bitterness , but an inexpressible sadness in his words , and when he bade them good - night , and said he should sleep well and ...
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... forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his help- ing hand . Nor did his magnanimity stop here . Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him for President in 1856 , when his name was used as a ...
... forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his help- ing hand . Nor did his magnanimity stop here . Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him for President in 1856 , when his name was used as a ...
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... forget ; a story which I believe has never been forgotten by any one who heard it : " When I lived in Pittsburgh , gentlemen , " said the Doctor , " where I had the honor to vote for James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one ...
... forget ; a story which I believe has never been forgotten by any one who heard it : " When I lived in Pittsburgh , gentlemen , " said the Doctor , " where I had the honor to vote for James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one ...
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... forget my connection with them , or to deny that I sprang from them , this chamber would not be the place in which I could do either . While I hold a seat I have but to look at the beautiful capitals adorning the pilasters that sup ...
... forget my connection with them , or to deny that I sprang from them , this chamber would not be the place in which I could do either . While I hold a seat I have but to look at the beautiful capitals adorning the pilasters that sup ...
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