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... Civil War . A leader in temperance work . An able writer . Popular lecturer , favorably known throughout the land and beloved by all . REV . HUGH BOYD , A.M. , D.D. , Professor of Latin in Cornell College , Mt. Vernon , Ia . Graduate of ...
... Civil War . A leader in temperance work . An able writer . Popular lecturer , favorably known throughout the land and beloved by all . REV . HUGH BOYD , A.M. , D.D. , Professor of Latin in Cornell College , Mt. Vernon , Ia . Graduate of ...
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... civil- ized lands is not fifteen cents per day , and even in our own fair country it is not quite a dollar per day , and he who can earn ten dollars a day is a very great exception . Yet , if Adam had lived to this hour , and had earned ...
... civil- ized lands is not fifteen cents per day , and even in our own fair country it is not quite a dollar per day , and he who can earn ten dollars a day is a very great exception . Yet , if Adam had lived to this hour , and had earned ...
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... civil war made him a great commander . At its beginning , so distrustful was he of himself that he doubted whether he had ability to command a regiment , but thought he might take charge of a company . The stress and circumstances of ...
... civil war made him a great commander . At its beginning , so distrustful was he of himself that he doubted whether he had ability to command a regiment , but thought he might take charge of a company . The stress and circumstances of ...
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... civil engineer , who , foreseeing opportunities far beyond the scope of the learning which he had brought from college , anticipated every demand by private study , and advanced with the progress of the work to its very consummation ...
... civil engineer , who , foreseeing opportunities far beyond the scope of the learning which he had brought from college , anticipated every demand by private study , and advanced with the progress of the work to its very consummation ...
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... civil war , he said , alluding to this visit : " I saw slavery beneath the shadow of the flag that waved over the Capitol . I saw the slave - pen , and men , women , and children herded for the markets of the far South ; and , at the ...
... civil war , he said , alluding to this visit : " I saw slavery beneath the shadow of the flag that waved over the Capitol . I saw the slave - pen , and men , women , and children herded for the markets of the far South ; and , at the ...
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