Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated the Federal Constitution , it remained for seventy years the apple of discord , the subject of patriotic appre- hension and repeated compromise . The last serious attempt to ...
... Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated the Federal Constitution , it remained for seventy years the apple of discord , the subject of patriotic appre- hension and repeated compromise . The last serious attempt to ...
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... beginning to close , were listened to with breathless interest . It will readily be seen that such occasions furnished rare opportunity to the gifted advocate . In very truth the general acquaintance thus formed , and the popularity ...
... beginning to close , were listened to with breathless interest . It will readily be seen that such occasions furnished rare opportunity to the gifted advocate . In very truth the general acquaintance thus formed , and the popularity ...
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... beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in detail . 19 Courts of justice , and the law as a distinctive calling , are the necessary outgrowths ...
... beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in detail . 19 Courts of justice , and the law as a distinctive calling , are the necessary outgrowths ...
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... beginning , and resulted in the finding that all the disputed votes should be counted for his opponent . This , it will be remembered , gave Hayes a majority of one on the final count , and resulted in his induction into office . Par ...
... beginning , and resulted in the finding that all the disputed votes should be counted for his opponent . This , it will be remembered , gave Hayes a majority of one on the final count , and resulted in his induction into office . Par ...
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... beginning , opposed every movement that looked only to delay . I have voted against all dilatory motions . But the decision of this tribunal is too startling and too far - reaching in its consequences to pass unchallenged . That the ...
... beginning , opposed every movement that looked only to delay . I have voted against all dilatory motions . But the decision of this tribunal is too startling and too far - reaching in its consequences to pass unchallenged . That the ...
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