Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... cause of sectional strife , had been irrevo- cably settled , and passed to the domain of history New men had come to the front , and new questions were to be dis- cussed and determined . To the student of history , the years immediately ...
... cause of sectional strife , had been irrevo- cably settled , and passed to the domain of history New men had come to the front , and new questions were to be dis- cussed and determined . To the student of history , the years immediately ...
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... Causes were necessarily argued upon prin- ciple . How well this conduced to the making of the real lawyer is well known . The admonition , " Beware the man who reads but one book , " is of deep significance . The com- plaint to - day is ...
... Causes were necessarily argued upon prin- ciple . How well this conduced to the making of the real lawyer is well known . The admonition , " Beware the man who reads but one book , " is of deep significance . The com- plaint to - day is ...
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... caused much merriment in the House during its delivery , and its author with an air of self - satisfaction rarely witnessed , even in that body , resumed his seat . Mr. Cox at once took the floor . No attempt will be made to do justice ...
... caused much merriment in the House during its delivery , and its author with an air of self - satisfaction rarely witnessed , even in that body , resumed his seat . Mr. Cox at once took the floor . No attempt will be made to do justice ...
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... cause often of mirth in others , he was at times far from being joyous himself . Few men have been the posses- sors in so rare degree of the gift of humor , the sure indica- tion of the humane and sympathetic in our nature ; that ...
... cause often of mirth in others , he was at times far from being joyous himself . Few men have been the posses- sors in so rare degree of the gift of humor , the sure indica- tion of the humane and sympathetic in our nature ; that ...
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... causes more astonishment to intelli- gent foreigners than the many changes biennially occurring in the membership of the House of Representatives . There is marked difference between the British House of Commons , and the popular branch ...
... causes more astonishment to intelli- gent foreigners than the many changes biennially occurring in the membership of the House of Representatives . There is marked difference between the British House of Commons , and the popular branch ...
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