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... the bloody dramas of the past , we can find nearly in every epoch , and in every coun try , and in every field of intellectual exertion , representatives of this better class of men , not numerous to 2 -FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD.
... the bloody dramas of the past , we can find nearly in every epoch , and in every coun try , and in every field of intellectual exertion , representatives of this better class of men , not numerous to 2 -FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD.
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... nearly valueless , as it was discovered that Nutfield was within the boundaries of New Hampshire , and not of Massachusetts . The growth of the Londonderry set- tlement was prosperous and rapid , it receiving constant acces- sions of ...
... nearly valueless , as it was discovered that Nutfield was within the boundaries of New Hampshire , and not of Massachusetts . The growth of the Londonderry set- tlement was prosperous and rapid , it receiving constant acces- sions of ...
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... nearly meeting the same fate , as he was born unconscious . He received the name of HORACE after a relative of his father , and because that name had been bestow- ed upon one of the children that died at an early age . The house on the ...
... nearly meeting the same fate , as he was born unconscious . He received the name of HORACE after a relative of his father , and because that name had been bestow- ed upon one of the children that died at an early age . The house on the ...
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... nearly a year , and he lost some money by becoming security for another man . In fact , from all the information attainable , it appears that , although an energetic and skillful workman , he lacked many of the elements necessary for ...
... nearly a year , and he lost some money by becoming security for another man . In fact , from all the information attainable , it appears that , although an energetic and skillful workman , he lacked many of the elements necessary for ...
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... nearly all our worldly possessions but the clothes we stood in . There had been no writ issued till then- of course no trial , no judgment - but it was a word and a blow in those days , and the blow first , in the matter of debt ...
... nearly all our worldly possessions but the clothes we stood in . There had been no writ issued till then- of course no trial , no judgment - but it was a word and a blow in those days , and the blow first , in the matter of debt ...
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Page 418 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 258 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 258 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them.
Page 407 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Page 164 - To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States...
Page 414 - States ; that the committee deem it highly dangerous and inexpedient to impair a provision wisely calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the northwestern country, and to give strength and security to that extensive frontier. In the salutary operation of this sagacious and benevolent restraint, it is believed that the inhabitants of Indiana will, at no very distant day, find ample remuneration for a temporary privation of labor and of emigration...
Page 494 - If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Page 575 - The civil service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition, and an object of selfish greed. It is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions, and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. We therefore regard a thorough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour...
Page 494 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need...
Page 465 - an endless significance lies in Work;" a man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seedfields rise instead, and stately cities ; and withal the man himself first ceases to be a jungle and foul unwholesome desert thereby. Consider, how, even in the meanest sorts of...