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Page 63
... object and effect - the supplanting of the principles of free government , and restoring those of classification , caste , and legitimacy . They would delight a convocation of crowned heads plot- ting against the people . They are the ...
... object and effect - the supplanting of the principles of free government , and restoring those of classification , caste , and legitimacy . They would delight a convocation of crowned heads plot- ting against the people . They are the ...
Page 79
... delivered by me at the Cooper Institute , and upon which you have made some notes for emendations , was received some days ago . Of course I would not object to , but would be pleased rather , with a more perfect edition of that [ 79 ]
... delivered by me at the Cooper Institute , and upon which you have made some notes for emendations , was received some days ago . Of course I would not object to , but would be pleased rather , with a more perfect edition of that [ 79 ]
Page 121
... object of the charge , I understand , was to procure prosecution and punishment of some men for arresting or doing violence to some secessionists — that is , the judge was trying to help a little by giving the protection [ 121 ] To John ...
... object of the charge , I understand , was to procure prosecution and punishment of some men for arresting or doing violence to some secessionists — that is , the judge was trying to help a little by giving the protection [ 121 ] To John ...
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