Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... 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 .
... 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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... passing from the national stage , with few exceptions , of the men who had taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the ...
... passing from the national stage , with few exceptions , of the men who had taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the ...
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... 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 pre- ceding the Civil War are of abiding interest . In some of ...
... 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 pre- ceding the Civil War are of abiding interest . In some of ...
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... to vote in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... to vote in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... 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 to be related ...
... 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 to be related ...
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