Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... century . My book in the main is something of men I have person- ally known ; the occasional mention of statesmen of the past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without ...
... century . My book in the main is something of men I have person- ally known ; the occasional mention of statesmen of the past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without ...
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... century the prime 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 ...
... century the prime 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 ...
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... century and more ago . His home , during his entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early ...
... century and more ago . His home , during his entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early ...
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... century ago the Hon . John P. Kennedy wrote of the lawyers of his day : " The feelings , habits , and associations of the bar in general , have a very happy influence upon the character . And , take it altogether , there may be ...
... century ago the Hon . John P. Kennedy wrote of the lawyers of his day : " The feelings , habits , and associations of the bar in general , have a very happy influence upon the character . And , take it altogether , there may be ...
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... century that has passed . has not wholly dispelled my recollection of Mr. Lincoln's eloquent tribute to " the hero of Lundy's Lane , " and his humorous description of the military career of General Frank- lin Pierce . The incident now ...
... century that has passed . has not wholly dispelled my recollection of Mr. Lincoln's eloquent tribute to " the hero of Lundy's Lane , " and his humorous description of the military career of General Frank- lin Pierce . The incident now ...
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