Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the political literature of these passing days . BLOOMINGTON , ILLINOIS , August 1 , 1909 . A. E. S. CHAPTER CONTENTS I. ON THE CIRCUIT PAGE 1 II .
... interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the political literature of these passing days . BLOOMINGTON , ILLINOIS , August 1 , 1909 . A. E. S. CHAPTER CONTENTS I. ON THE CIRCUIT PAGE 1 II .
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... hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , a few months later , in the words of his great eulogist , " The stately mansion of power had become to him the wearisome ...
... hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , a few months later , in the words of his great eulogist , " The stately mansion of power had become to him the wearisome ...
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... hands , " his mantle fell upon Judge Holman of Indiana . The House probably contained no member of rarer attain- ments in scholarship than Julius H. Seelye of Massachusetts . He stood in the front ranks of the great educators of his day ...
... hands , " his mantle fell upon Judge Holman of Indiana . The House probably contained no member of rarer attain- ments in scholarship than Julius H. Seelye of Massachusetts . He stood in the front ranks of the great educators of his day ...
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... hands of the party which he has but recently deserted , and to which he will no doubt return in due time . We have , however , in New England an old - time custom , as sacred as if part of the written law , that if a man is so ...
... hands of the party which he has but recently deserted , and to which he will no doubt return in due time . We have , however , in New England an old - time custom , as sacred as if part of the written law , that if a man is so ...
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... hand , amid the sea of upturned faces , stated to the prisoner that he had yet five minutes to live , and it was his privilege if he so desired to address the audience . The prisoner meekly replied that he did not wish to speak ...
... hand , amid the sea of upturned faces , stated to the prisoner that he had yet five minutes to live , and it was his privilege if he so desired to address the audience . The prisoner meekly replied that he did not wish to speak ...
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