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Page 36
... express . There was no part of his knowledge that was not an element of his practical power . He had not been made by any artificial process ; he had grown . Holding within himself the germ of a great life , he had reached out his roots ...
... express . There was no part of his knowledge that was not an element of his practical power . He had not been made by any artificial process ; he had grown . Holding within himself the germ of a great life , he had reached out his roots ...
Page 121
... express affirmation , and a real though it may be only a tacit recognition of property in a slave . Slavery was to him legally right and morally wrong . His vote is recorded against the pretence that slaves were property under the ...
... express affirmation , and a real though it may be only a tacit recognition of property in a slave . Slavery was to him legally right and morally wrong . His vote is recorded against the pretence that slaves were property under the ...
Page 146
... express aston- ishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder has been the only man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely undeceived . " That Kansas will form a slave ...
... express aston- ishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder has been the only man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely undeceived . " That Kansas will form a slave ...
Page 147
... express your preference that Kansas shall be free , you would vote for no man for Congress who would say the same thing publicly . No such man could be elected , from any district , of any slave state . You think Stringfellow & Co ...
... express your preference that Kansas shall be free , you would vote for no man for Congress who would say the same thing publicly . No such man could be elected , from any district , of any slave state . You think Stringfellow & Co ...
Page 163
... express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained ! " At length a squabble springs up between the president and the au- thor of the Nebraska bill , on the mere question of fact , whether the Lecompton ...
... express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained ! " At length a squabble springs up between the president and the au- thor of the Nebraska bill , on the mere question of fact , whether the Lecompton ...
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