Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... earnest discussion , both upon the hustings and at the fireside . There was little talk now of compromise . The old - time statesmen of the Clay and Webster , Winthrop and Crittenden , school soon disappeared from the arena . Men ...
... earnest discussion , both upon the hustings and at the fireside . There was little talk now of compromise . The old - time statesmen of the Clay and Webster , Winthrop and Crittenden , school soon disappeared from the arena . Men ...
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... earnest advocate of the bill creating the Commission . Upon the question of concurrence by the House of Representatives in the final determination of the Commission , bitter opposition was manifested upon the part of friends of Mr ...
... earnest advocate of the bill creating the Commission . Upon the question of concurrence by the House of Representatives in the final determination of the Commission , bitter opposition was manifested upon the part of friends of Mr ...
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... earnest support . It had in the House no friend more ardent in its advocacy than myself . I believed it to be a measure in the interest of peace . I believed that those who framed it , as well as those who gave it their support upon the ...
... earnest support . It had in the House no friend more ardent in its advocacy than myself . I believed it to be a measure in the interest of peace . I believed that those who framed it , as well as those who gave it their support upon the ...
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... earnest of better things to come . Immediately upon being seated , Mr. Lamar " fell to " and , wholly oblivious of the surroundings , soon made way with the one viand then in visible presence . Just as its last vestige disappeared , the ...
... earnest of better things to come . Immediately upon being seated , Mr. Lamar " fell to " and , wholly oblivious of the surroundings , soon made way with the one viand then in visible presence . Just as its last vestige disappeared , the ...
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... earnest commendation of leading publicists and jurists in Europe , as well as in his own country . His untiring efforts , looking to the substitution of international courts of arbitration for war , have given his name honored place ...
... earnest commendation of leading publicists and jurists in Europe , as well as in his own country . His untiring efforts , looking to the substitution of international courts of arbitration for war , have given his name honored place ...
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