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Page 27
I sincerely hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from the Senator from South Carolina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . ” Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one ...
I sincerely hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from the Senator from South Carolina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . ” Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one ...
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His respected widow , living in Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her possession , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote .
His respected widow , living in Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her possession , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote .
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... President Lincoln consigned Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim remark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ? I hope you are both well .
... President Lincoln consigned Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim remark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ? I hope you are both well .
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The last week of that July was full of excitement in Congress and the country , and I know how much labor and patience it required to keep alive the hopes of our people . The course of Powell and Breckinridge , of Kentucky ...
The last week of that July was full of excitement in Congress and the country , and I know how much labor and patience it required to keep alive the hopes of our people . The course of Powell and Breckinridge , of Kentucky ...
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I hope it is not the sunset of life gives me mystical lore , ' but in my mind's eye I Ι plainly see coming events cast their shadows before . The Pacific slope now , doubtless , is devoted to the union of States . SENATOR E , D. BAKER .
I hope it is not the sunset of life gives me mystical lore , ' but in my mind's eye I Ι plainly see coming events cast their shadows before . The Pacific slope now , doubtless , is devoted to the union of States . SENATOR E , D. BAKER .
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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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