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... political questions , the revisionists not only condemned emotion but also insisted that its intru- sion into politics was both unfortunate and avoidable . Their argument was overstated because in order to show that slavery was not the ...
... political questions , the revisionists not only condemned emotion but also insisted that its intru- sion into politics was both unfortunate and avoidable . Their argument was overstated because in order to show that slavery was not the ...
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... political rhetoric of the age focus on the primordial feelings and concerns of people : love , hate , blood , death , sin , family , fathers , mothers , brothers , and houses ? The most evocative words in the American private vocabulary ...
... political rhetoric of the age focus on the primordial feelings and concerns of people : love , hate , blood , death , sin , family , fathers , mothers , brothers , and houses ? The most evocative words in the American private vocabulary ...
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... political and social questions of the age . Daniel Webster , the oldest of the three and the most conspicuous in national political affairs , was the dominant member of the group , whose personal ties were as close and lasting as their ...
... political and social questions of the age . Daniel Webster , the oldest of the three and the most conspicuous in national political affairs , was the dominant member of the group , whose personal ties were as close and lasting as their ...
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