Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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Page 11
... less murder when the act of a mob than when that of a single individual . There is no safety to society but in an aroused public sentiment that will hold each participant amenable to the law for the consequences of the crime he either ...
... less murder when the act of a mob than when that of a single individual . There is no safety to society but in an aroused public sentiment that will hold each participant amenable to the law for the consequences of the crime he either ...
Page 13
... less than two - thirds of the Senators voting for conviction . General Belknap was represented by an able array of counsel , chief of whom were Judge Black of Pennsylvania and the Hon . Matthew H. Carpenter of Wisconsin . Mr. Knott of ...
... less than two - thirds of the Senators voting for conviction . General Belknap was represented by an able array of counsel , chief of whom were Judge Black of Pennsylvania and the Hon . Matthew H. Carpenter of Wisconsin . Mr. Knott of ...
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... 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 as soldier and legislator ...
... 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 as soldier and legislator ...
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... less than a decade after the return of peace , Mr. Lamar , still in his prime , again took his seat in the hall where his first laurels had been won . His great speech one that touched all hearts was not long delayed ; the occasion was ...
... less than a decade after the return of peace , Mr. Lamar , still in his prime , again took his seat in the hall where his first laurels had been won . His great speech one that touched all hearts was not long delayed ; the occasion was ...
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... less given to a parade either of his friendships or of his animosities . His enemies and it would have been strange if , passing through the eventful scenes he did , he had had none knew just where to find him . He was , in very truth ...
... less given to a parade either of his friendships or of his animosities . His enemies and it would have been strange if , passing through the eventful scenes he did , he had had none knew just where to find him . He was , in very truth ...
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