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... occurred less than thirty years ago , in a state which now contains hardly less than a million and a half of people and three thousand miles of railway . CHAPTER VII . THE time had come with Mr. Lincoln LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 71.
... occurred less than thirty years ago , in a state which now contains hardly less than a million and a half of people and three thousand miles of railway . CHAPTER VII . THE time had come with Mr. Lincoln LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 71.
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... thousand dollars , or even a dollar , but the smallest silver coin , to show to them that the verdict . should go with the preponderance of evidence , even if the preponderance should be only a hair's weight . If it was the habit of Mr ...
... thousand dollars , or even a dollar , but the smallest silver coin , to show to them that the verdict . should go with the preponderance of evidence , even if the preponderance should be only a hair's weight . If it was the habit of Mr ...
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... thousand times more sacred than any you can owe to others , and in that light let them be respected and observed . It is natural that she should desire to remain with her relations and friends . As to friends , she could not need them ...
... thousand times more sacred than any you can owe to others , and in that light let them be respected and observed . It is natural that she should desire to remain with her relations and friends . As to friends , she could not need them ...
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... thousand five hundred and eleven votes to the nine hundred and fourteen majority which the district had given Mr. Clay in 1844. He undoubt- edly was supported by more than the strength of his party , for his majority was unprecedented ...
... thousand five hundred and eleven votes to the nine hundred and fourteen majority which the district had given Mr. Clay in 1844. He undoubt- edly was supported by more than the strength of his party , for his majority was unprecedented ...
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... thousand dollars . Some incidents illustrating his practice , and the motives which controlled him in it , may with propriety be stated here , although they are not all of them associated with this period of his life . An old woman of ...
... thousand dollars . Some incidents illustrating his practice , and the motives which controlled him in it , may with propriety be stated here , although they are not all of them associated with this period of his life . An old woman of ...
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