Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... early opportunities for education were meagre indeed . He had been a student of men , rather than of books . He was , in the most expressive sense , " of the people , " - the people as they then were . For , " Know thou this , that men ...
... early opportunities for education were meagre indeed . He had been a student of men , rather than of books . He was , in the most expressive sense , " of the people , " - the people as they then were . For , " Know thou this , that men ...
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... early political idol of Mr. Lincoln ; the latter , of Mr. Douglas . Possibly , since the foundation of the Government , no statesman has been so completely idolized by his friends and party as was Henry Clay . Words are meaningless when ...
... early political idol of Mr. Lincoln ; the latter , of Mr. Douglas . Possibly , since the foundation of the Government , no statesman has been so completely idolized by his friends and party as was Henry Clay . Words are meaningless when ...
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... early lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just then at the beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in ...
... early lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just then at the beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in ...
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... early in January , 1876 , when we were members of the House Committee appointed by the Speaker to convey the re- mains of a deceased member to his late home , Norwich , Connecticut , for burial . Another member of the Com- mittee was ...
... early in January , 1876 , when we were members of the House Committee appointed by the Speaker to convey the re- mains of a deceased member to his late home , Norwich , Connecticut , for burial . Another member of the Com- mittee was ...
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... early home were still to be seen . Of greater interest was a monument stand- ing in an old Indian burying - ground near the centre of the city , " Erected to the Memory of Uncas . " It was within the memory of the oldest inhabitant that ...
... early home were still to be seen . Of greater interest was a monument stand- ing in an old Indian burying - ground near the centre of the city , " Erected to the Memory of Uncas . " It was within the memory of the oldest inhabitant that ...
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