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... COLONEL FORGOTTEN EVENTS OF THE LONG AGO ROBERT G. INGERSOLL XVII . A CAMP - MEETING ORATOR . XVIII . CLEVELAND AS I ... COLONELS . XXXII.
... COLONEL FORGOTTEN EVENTS OF THE LONG AGO ROBERT G. INGERSOLL XVII . A CAMP - MEETING ORATOR . XVIII . CLEVELAND AS I ... COLONELS . XXXII.
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... COLONELS . XXXII . A TRIBUTE TO IRELAND 318 REMINISCENCES . 321 329 XXXIII . THE BLIND CHAPLAIN 332 XXXIV . A MEMORABLE CENTENNIAL 334 XXXV . COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN CENTRAL PARK 342 • XXXVI . A PLATFORM NOT DANGEROUS TO STAND UPON 344 ...
... COLONELS . XXXII . A TRIBUTE TO IRELAND 318 REMINISCENCES . 321 329 XXXIII . THE BLIND CHAPLAIN 332 XXXIV . A MEMORABLE CENTENNIAL 334 XXXV . COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN CENTRAL PARK 342 • XXXVI . A PLATFORM NOT DANGEROUS TO STAND UPON 344 ...
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... Colonel Morrison was none the less one of the ablest and most useful members of that body . He had for many sessions been a member of the House , and had been a soldier in the Mexican and in the Civil War . His record was honorable both ...
... Colonel Morrison was none the less one of the ablest and most useful members of that body . He had for many sessions been a member of the House , and had been a soldier in the Mexican and in the Civil War . His record was honorable both ...
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... Colonel Morrison presented to the Democratic caucus of the House members the name of the " Blind Preacher " for Chaplain . Three or four candidates were already in nomi- nation when Morrison arose and said : " Mr. Chairman , I present ...
... Colonel Morrison presented to the Democratic caucus of the House members the name of the " Blind Preacher " for Chaplain . Three or four candidates were already in nomi- nation when Morrison arose and said : " Mr. Chairman , I present ...
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... Colonel Smith , but I am too modest a man to listen longer to the beautiful and truthful description you have just given of me ! " Whereupon , amidst the wildest applause , he retired from the hall , as did the audience , and the ...
... Colonel Smith , but I am too modest a man to listen longer to the beautiful and truthful description you have just given of me ! " Whereupon , amidst the wildest applause , he retired from the hall , as did the audience , and the ...
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