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... past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the political literature of these ...
... past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the political literature of these ...
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... 251 256 262 268 • 273 285 • AMONG THE ACTORS . XXIX . THE LOST ART OF ORATORY XXVI . A STATESMAN OF A PAST ERA XXVII . NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL XXVIII . 288 · • 295 • 302 308 CHAPTER PAGE XXXI . XXX . THE COLONELS . XXXII.
... 251 256 262 268 • 273 285 • AMONG THE ACTORS . XXIX . THE LOST ART OF ORATORY XXVI . A STATESMAN OF A PAST ERA XXVII . NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL XXVIII . 288 · • 295 • 302 308 CHAPTER PAGE XXXI . XXX . THE COLONELS . XXXII.
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... past , will be the intelligence , the patriotism , the virtue of a law - abiding , liberty - loving people . To a degree that cannot be measured by words , the temple of justice will prove the city of refuge . " The judiciary has no ...
... past , will be the intelligence , the patriotism , the virtue of a law - abiding , liberty - loving people . To a degree that cannot be measured by words , the temple of justice will prove the city of refuge . " The judiciary has no ...
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... past . He lingered spell - bound among the scenes of medieval chivalry . His spirit had dwelt until almost natural- ized in the mystic dreamland of the Paladins , Crusaders , and Knights Templars ; with Monmouth and Percy , with Bois ...
... past . He lingered spell - bound among the scenes of medieval chivalry . His spirit had dwelt until almost natural- ized in the mystic dreamland of the Paladins , Crusaders , and Knights Templars ; with Monmouth and Percy , with Bois ...
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... past is the earnest of the future , and that during the rolling years and centuries the incumbents of the great office the chosen successors of Washington and of Lincoln - in the near and in the remote future , will prove the guardians ...
... past is the earnest of the future , and that during the rolling years and centuries the incumbents of the great office the chosen successors of Washington and of Lincoln - in the near and in the remote future , will prove the guardians ...
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