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Page 52
... Speaking of General Cass's career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's Defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my ...
... Speaking of General Cass's career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's Defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my ...
Page 63
... speak one nor act one , and in the light of this fact all the words and acts of his life are to be judged . If this brief statement of his qualities and powers represents a wonderfully perfect character - so strangely pure and noble ...
... speak one nor act one , and in the light of this fact all the words and acts of his life are to be judged . If this brief statement of his qualities and powers represents a wonderfully perfect character - so strangely pure and noble ...
Page 64
... speak of his having studied law , or having begun the study of law , previous to 1834. He had doubtless thought of it , and had made it a subject of consideration among his friends . With a vague project of doing this at some time , he ...
... speak of his having studied law , or having begun the study of law , previous to 1834. He had doubtless thought of it , and had made it a subject of consideration among his friends . With a vague project of doing this at some time , he ...
Page 67
... speaking slowly , he began to lay down and fix his propositions . His auditors followed him with breathless attention , and saw him inclose his adversary in a wall of fact , and then weave over him a network of de- ductions so logically ...
... speaking slowly , he began to lay down and fix his propositions . His auditors followed him with breathless attention , and saw him inclose his adversary in a wall of fact , and then weave over him a network of de- ductions so logically ...
Page 69
... speaking of the fact subsequently , said that Douglas was then " the least man he ever saw . " He was not only very short but very slender . The two young men , who commenced their intellectual and political sparring during the session ...
... speaking of the fact subsequently , said that Douglas was then " the least man he ever saw . " He was not only very short but very slender . The two young men , who commenced their intellectual and political sparring during the session ...
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