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... reason . Passion has helped us ; but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason , cold , calculat- ing , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence . - Let those materials ...
... reason . Passion has helped us ; but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason , cold , calculat- ing , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence . - Let those materials ...
Page 125
... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her wealth ...
... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her wealth ...
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... reason for declining that part of his plan ; and that friend had chosen to publish that reason , instead of his own con- struction of the act , the falsehood of his insinuation would have been most apparent . That written reason was as ...
... reason for declining that part of his plan ; and that friend had chosen to publish that reason , instead of his own con- struction of the act , the falsehood of his insinuation would have been most apparent . That written reason was as ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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