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... and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest , with a Bonaparte for a commander , could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of ...
... and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest , with a Bonaparte for a commander , could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of ...
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... should be repealed as soon as possible , still , while they continue in force , for the sake of example they should be religiously observed . So also in unprovided cases . If such arise , let proper legal provisions be made for them ...
... should be repealed as soon as possible , still , while they continue in force , for the sake of example they should be religiously observed . So also in unprovided cases . If such arise , let proper legal provisions be made for them ...
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And thus , from the force of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advancement of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil ...
And thus , from the force of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advancement of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil ...
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... and sharper than steel can be made , and though you throw it with more than herculean force and precision , you shall be no more able to pierce him than to penetrate the hard shell of a tortoise with a rye straw .
... and sharper than steel can be made , and though you throw it with more than herculean force and precision , you shall be no more able to pierce him than to penetrate the hard shell of a tortoise with a rye straw .
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... do ye even so to them ” obsolete ? of no force ? of no application ? I shall be pleased if you can find leisure to write me . ( Letter to Archibald Williams , Washington , 12 June 1848. ] Dear Williams : On my return from ...
... do ye even so to them ” obsolete ? of no force ? of no application ? I shall be pleased if you can find leisure to write me . ( Letter to Archibald Williams , Washington , 12 June 1848. ] Dear Williams : On my return from ...
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