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... True , there were apparent points of difference , but only such as , under Providence , were needed to fit each for their separate duties and destinies as leaders of the American people in their two great wars , one for national inde ...
... True , there were apparent points of difference , but only such as , under Providence , were needed to fit each for their separate duties and destinies as leaders of the American people in their two great wars , one for national inde ...
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... true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now assailed . ” * can . There were not a few contrasts - in origin , in early life , in condition and opportunities ...
... true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now assailed . ” * can . There were not a few contrasts - in origin , in early life , in condition and opportunities ...
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... true , very generally , of the pioneer families : they had no more than was absolutely necessary to supply their wants . They could exist without lamp - oil or candles , and so most of them did without either . They could afford the ...
... true , very generally , of the pioneer families : they had no more than was absolutely necessary to supply their wants . They could exist without lamp - oil or candles , and so most of them did without either . They could afford the ...
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... of mothers To me in gentle tone , ' Be kind to the children of others , And thus deserve thine own . " " Between her and the son to whom she became a true friend as well as a step - mother sprang up EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY . 19.
... of mothers To me in gentle tone , ' Be kind to the children of others , And thus deserve thine own . " " Between her and the son to whom she became a true friend as well as a step - mother sprang up EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY . 19.
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... true patriotism glowed in his heart ; and he thus daily grew more and more to be of the very spirit of which heroic leaders and wise counsellors are made . God was fitting him , even in his childhood and his youth , for the very work ...
... true patriotism glowed in his heart ; and he thus daily grew more and more to be of the very spirit of which heroic leaders and wise counsellors are made . God was fitting him , even in his childhood and his youth , for the very work ...
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