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... who had been one of Mr. Clay's active and unselfish champions , gladly acceded to my request to be presented to Mr. Clay , whom I had never met , and had firmly opposed when he was the Whig candidate for the Presidency in 1844.
... who had been one of Mr. Clay's active and unselfish champions , gladly acceded to my request to be presented to Mr. Clay , whom I had never met , and had firmly opposed when he was the Whig candidate for the Presidency in 1844.
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My friends , and none more than Mr. Forrest himself , knew the motive that prompted me ; but I have never stopped to explain it . That letter was seized upon by the Southern leaders , who knew my settled determination to resist the ...
My friends , and none more than Mr. Forrest himself , knew the motive that prompted me ; but I have never stopped to explain it . That letter was seized upon by the Southern leaders , who knew my settled determination to resist the ...
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I got through the struggle triumphantly , but I can never forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his helping hand . Nor did his magnanimity stop here . Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him ...
I got through the struggle triumphantly , but I can never forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his helping hand . Nor did his magnanimity stop here . Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him ...
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I knew nothing of the location , had never been there , had no money of my own , but I saw Judge Douglas was in earnest and wanted to serve me , and when he left , I borrowed the $ 2500 , bought a share , divided it with the Southern ...
I knew nothing of the location , had never been there , had no money of my own , but I saw Judge Douglas was in earnest and wanted to serve me , and when he left , I borrowed the $ 2500 , bought a share , divided it with the Southern ...
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But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command ... The foreman of a fire - company and the keeper of a saloon , he never lost his dignity , but would retire to his books whenever he had a moment of ...
But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command ... The foreman of a fire - company and the keeper of a saloon , he never lost his dignity , but would retire to his books whenever he had a moment of ...
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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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