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... UNITED STATES . 67 VI . A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN 82 VII . STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 92 VIII . THE FIRST POLITICAL TELEGRAM 128 IX . ALONG THE BYPATHS OF HISTORY 136 X. THE CODE OF HONOR 146 XI . A PRINCELY GIFT 174 XII . THE OLD RANGER 182 · VXIII ...
... UNITED STATES . 67 VI . A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN 82 VII . STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 92 VIII . THE FIRST POLITICAL TELEGRAM 128 IX . ALONG THE BYPATHS OF HISTORY 136 X. THE CODE OF HONOR 146 XI . A PRINCELY GIFT 174 XII . THE OLD RANGER 182 · VXIII ...
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... United States . The proceedings of this Congress marked an important epoch in our history . During its first session occurred the masterful debate upon the General Amnesty Bill . The very depths of partisan feeling were stirred , and ...
... United States . The proceedings of this Congress marked an important epoch in our history . During its first session occurred the masterful debate upon the General Amnesty Bill . The very depths of partisan feeling were stirred , and ...
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... United States . The business industries of the coun- try were paralyzed , public confidence destroyed , and the danger of civil war was imminent . That Mr. Tilden had received a majority of more than two hundred thousand of the popular ...
... United States . The business industries of the coun- try were paralyzed , public confidence destroyed , and the danger of civil war was imminent . That Mr. Tilden had received a majority of more than two hundred thousand of the popular ...
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... United States has been looked to as the final arbiter , its decrees heeded as the voice of God . How disastrous may be the result of decisions so manifestly partisan , I will not attempt to forecast . " Let this vote be now taken and ...
... United States has been looked to as the final arbiter , its decrees heeded as the voice of God . How disastrous may be the result of decisions so manifestly partisan , I will not attempt to forecast . " Let this vote be now taken and ...
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... United States . For once , it indeed seemed that " fortune had come with both hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , And yet , a few months later , in the ...
... United States . For once , it indeed seemed that " fortune had come with both hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , And yet , a few months later , in the ...
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