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... in their two great wars , one for national inde- ' pendence , the other for national unity . - - Washington was of a family renowned in English heraldry . Lincoln could trace an honorable descent from Quaker EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY . 15.
... in their two great wars , one for national inde- ' pendence , the other for national unity . - - Washington was of a family renowned in English heraldry . Lincoln could trace an honorable descent from Quaker EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY . 15.
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... Quaker stock in Pennslyvania . " Washington was the natural representative of na- tional independence . He might also have represented national unity , had this principle been challenged to bloody battle during his life ; for nothing ...
... Quaker stock in Pennslyvania . " Washington was the natural representative of na- tional independence . He might also have represented national unity , had this principle been challenged to bloody battle during his life ; for nothing ...
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... Quakers of Pennsyl vania were moved from their position of " eminent grav . ity " on this occasion , and polled an overwhelming vote for the champion of liberty ; and the Quaker poet — who stands second to none in America — told the ...
... Quakers of Pennsyl vania were moved from their position of " eminent grav . ity " on this occasion , and polled an overwhelming vote for the champion of liberty ; and the Quaker poet — who stands second to none in America — told the ...
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... Quakers are out ! Give the flag to the winds ! set the hills all aflame ! Make way for the man with the patriarch's name ! Away with misgiving , away with all doubt ! For LINCOLN goes in when the Quakers come out ! " R. W. Emerson ...
... Quakers are out ! Give the flag to the winds ! set the hills all aflame ! Make way for the man with the patriarch's name ! Away with misgiving , away with all doubt ! For LINCOLN goes in when the Quakers come out ! " R. W. Emerson ...
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... Quaker drop " showed itself in the inaugural address of the new President . The blood of a pious and peaceful ancestry coursed along the veins of him whom God had called to be the head of a great nation in its most troublous times ...
... Quaker drop " showed itself in the inaugural address of the new President . The blood of a pious and peaceful ancestry coursed along the veins of him whom God had called to be the head of a great nation in its most troublous times ...
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