The North American Review, Volume 126University of Northern Iowa, 1878 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... believe there is one man only who can avert the threatening calamity , one man whom the North really trusts , and by whose counsels it will be guided . We believe you are that man . The North will listen to you and to no other , and we ...
... believe there is one man only who can avert the threatening calamity , one man whom the North really trusts , and by whose counsels it will be guided . We believe you are that man . The North will listen to you and to no other , and we ...
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... believe no other com- mittee could show such a record . The writer knows personally that he not infrequently made appointments for the hour of mid- night with persons who sought him on public business , after a day of arduous labor ...
... believe no other com- mittee could show such a record . The writer knows personally that he not infrequently made appointments for the hour of mid- night with persons who sought him on public business , after a day of arduous labor ...
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... believe , with a near approach to unanimity , now the concurrent judgment of the American people , without distinction of party or section . It was noticeable and gratifying to see from what opposite and unexpected quarters the tributes ...
... believe , with a near approach to unanimity , now the concurrent judgment of the American people , without distinction of party or section . It was noticeable and gratifying to see from what opposite and unexpected quarters the tributes ...
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... believe that President Grant made the statements which have been at- tributed to him in what purports to be a report of a recent inter- view , still less that he made them with the expectation that they would be made public . If they ...
... believe that President Grant made the statements which have been at- tributed to him in what purports to be a report of a recent inter- view , still less that he made them with the expectation that they would be made public . If they ...
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... believe with Charles Sumner , will concede to him that other attribute of a great statesman , the understanding of the governing forces in the republic , and causing sound principles to take effect in its administration , unless they ...
... believe with Charles Sumner , will concede to him that other attribute of a great statesman , the understanding of the governing forces in the republic , and causing sound principles to take effect in its administration , unless they ...
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Page 355 - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 333 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 385 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 350 - Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Page 380 - Lecky has not chosen to deal with events in chronological order, nor does he present the details of personal, party, or military affaire. The work is rather an attempt 'to disengage from the great mass of facts those which relate to the permanent forces of the nation, or which indicate some of the more enduring features of national life...
Page 192 - It presents in an inexpensive form, considering its great amount of matter, with freshness, owing to its weekly issue, and with a satisfactory completeness...
Page 164 - United States notes, and of all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States, except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of any such obligation has expressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money or other currency than gold and silver.
Page 193 - ... a good musket, or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball : or, with a good rifle, knapsack, shot pouch, and powder horn, twenty balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder...
Page 385 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 516 - The cause to which I allude is the constant tendency in all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it.