The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... government , stood paralyzed on the brink of ruin . We had allowed Slavery to become the law of the land . We had dethroned the Liberty we had boasted of , and en- throned the Dagon of Human Servitude in its place . We had prostituted ...
... government , stood paralyzed on the brink of ruin . We had allowed Slavery to become the law of the land . We had dethroned the Liberty we had boasted of , and en- throned the Dagon of Human Servitude in its place . We had prostituted ...
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... government of a people he had led through the exhausting perils of an all - but exterminating war : -and , last of all , the citizen Washington , who had scorned a crown , as too base a reward for his long services in the cause of human ...
... government of a people he had led through the exhausting perils of an all - but exterminating war : -and , last of all , the citizen Washington , who had scorned a crown , as too base a reward for his long services in the cause of human ...
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... Government has sent these spiritual pastors , teachers , fathers , and guides , and commissioned them to look after the good of upwards of a million of men ; and a great Christian Republic expects them to do their duty . The common im ...
... Government has sent these spiritual pastors , teachers , fathers , and guides , and commissioned them to look after the good of upwards of a million of men ; and a great Christian Republic expects them to do their duty . The common im ...
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... Government and their profession , by frequenting scenes of vice and pollution and indulging in the lowest forms of bestiality . The second class was made up chiefly of men of faultless morals , perhaps , but who had no liking for the ...
... Government and their profession , by frequenting scenes of vice and pollution and indulging in the lowest forms of bestiality . The second class was made up chiefly of men of faultless morals , perhaps , but who had no liking for the ...
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... Government , hundreds of men drooped and died , without seeing a chap- lain's face , and thousands were tumbled into holes and trenches , without Christian burial , * still a faithful few He just taken down the last will and wishes of ...
... Government , hundreds of men drooped and died , without seeing a chap- lain's face , and thousands were tumbled into holes and trenches , without Christian burial , * still a faithful few He just taken down the last will and wishes of ...
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