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... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I ...
... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I ...
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... heard a funeral sermon . I walked to my editorial den and wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of polit- ical parties . The following verse from Byron closed the ar- ticle : " As ...
... heard a funeral sermon . I walked to my editorial den and wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of polit- ical parties . The following verse from Byron closed the ar- ticle : " As ...
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... painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or FRANKLIN PIERCE. ...
... painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or FRANKLIN PIERCE. ...
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... heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that meant something more than hostility to foreigners and Catho- lics , and was ...
... heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that meant something more than hostility to foreigners and Catho- lics , and was ...
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... . Douglas . " I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] 160000 AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . MANY of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... . Douglas . " I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] 160000 AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . MANY of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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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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