Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 11
... remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the Congress of the United States , to which he brought such a degree of learning and ability and eloquence as few equalled and ...
... remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the Congress of the United States , to which he brought such a degree of learning and ability and eloquence as few equalled and ...
Page 15
... remember that it was one of the thoughts which clung most closely to me to the very last . " Perhaps Mr. Webster's condensation of the career of Edward Everett , printed above , gives a sufficient idea of the events crowded into it . He ...
... remember that it was one of the thoughts which clung most closely to me to the very last . " Perhaps Mr. Webster's condensation of the career of Edward Everett , printed above , gives a sufficient idea of the events crowded into it . He ...
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... remember , what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here . It is for us , the living , rather , to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on . It is rather for us here to be ...
... remember , what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here . It is for us , the living , rather , to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on . It is rather for us here to be ...
Page 23
... , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
... , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
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... wages of American labor — a statement which led to a somewhat angry controversy between the two Senators and their adherents . I can easily remember how the accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by GEORGE BANCROFT . 35 V. ...
... wages of American labor — a statement which led to a somewhat angry controversy between the two Senators and their adherents . I can easily remember how the accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by GEORGE BANCROFT . 35 V. ...
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