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... patriot of the impulsive school , honest and self - willed . John Quincy , his son , was in some respects a larger and a riper mind ; Charles Francis , his living grandson , is a more cautious and con- servative personage , while his ...
... patriot of the impulsive school , honest and self - willed . John Quincy , his son , was in some respects a larger and a riper mind ; Charles Francis , his living grandson , is a more cautious and con- servative personage , while his ...
Page 58
... patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the dark future if we did not harmonize . He was then in his fifty - fifth year , not in good health , but full of genuine love of liberty . He had won high honors as a popular speaker in ...
... patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the dark future if we did not harmonize . He was then in his fifty - fifth year , not in good health , but full of genuine love of liberty . He had won high honors as a popular speaker in ...
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... patriot . They were eminently representative men . As orators they were most dissimilar . McDowell was tall and dignified ; Love- joy short , quick , and impetuous . McDowell's complexion was light ; Lovejoy's dark as a Spaniard's ...
... patriot . They were eminently representative men . As orators they were most dissimilar . McDowell was tall and dignified ; Love- joy short , quick , and impetuous . McDowell's complexion was light ; Lovejoy's dark as a Spaniard's ...
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... patriot in the largest sense , and , like many of his school , after giving half a century of his time to his country , he died poor . A gen- erous government ought to seize an early occasion to prove , at least in this case , that ...
... patriot in the largest sense , and , like many of his school , after giving half a century of his time to his country , he died poor . A gen- erous government ought to seize an early occasion to prove , at least in this case , that ...
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... Patriot's Oath " and " Sheridan's Ride , " by Thomas Buchanan Read , were al- ways recited at his request by Mr. Murdoch , whenever that loyal actor visited the metropolis . He was neither boisterous nor pro- fane . He cared little for ...
... Patriot's Oath " and " Sheridan's Ride , " by Thomas Buchanan Read , were al- ways recited at his request by Mr. Murdoch , whenever that loyal actor visited the metropolis . He was neither boisterous nor pro- fane . He cared little for ...
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