Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... peace . He impressed on individuals and on communities that which he is now endeavoring to impress on nations , that there are many controversies that it were better to lose by arbitration than to win by war and bloodshed . " It is all ...
... peace . He impressed on individuals and on communities that which he is now endeavoring to impress on nations , that there are many controversies that it were better to lose by arbitration than to win by war and bloodshed . " It is all ...
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... peaceful determination of the perilous question , that of disputed succession to the Presidency , I was an earnest advocate of the bill creating the Commission . Upon the question of concurrence by the House of Representatives in the ...
... peaceful determination of the perilous question , that of disputed succession to the Presidency , I was an earnest advocate of the bill creating the Commission . Upon the question of concurrence by the House of Representatives in the ...
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... peace by the entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my 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 ...
... peace by the entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my 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 ...
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... 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 the day set apart in the House for ...
... 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 the day set apart in the House for ...
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... peace , abiding , eternal , between all sections of a restored union , it stands unsur- passed among the great masterpieces of ancient or modern eloquence . Later , Mr. Lamar was a prominent participant in one of the fiercest debates ...
... peace , abiding , eternal , between all sections of a restored union , it stands unsur- passed among the great masterpieces of ancient or modern eloquence . Later , Mr. Lamar was a prominent participant in one of the fiercest debates ...
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