Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women: With Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers |
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... gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them and they are no longer personal , but furniture for the herbarium ...
... gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them and they are no longer personal , but furniture for the herbarium ...
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... gave way , and , acting under the physician's advice , he went to Washington , D. C. , for rest and recreation . Passing through Maryland , he saw for the first time what he had hitherto only heard of , the slave toiling under his ...
... gave way , and , acting under the physician's advice , he went to Washington , D. C. , for rest and recreation . Passing through Maryland , he saw for the first time what he had hitherto only heard of , the slave toiling under his ...
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... gave him to preside as vice - president of the country over the legislative body where , for nearly a score of years , he had been the bravest , most patriotic , most hard working , and incorruptible member . So scrupulous had he been ...
... gave him to preside as vice - president of the country over the legislative body where , for nearly a score of years , he had been the bravest , most patriotic , most hard working , and incorruptible member . So scrupulous had he been ...
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... gave himself wholly to his studies , having , as he told a friend , a seat in the House of Commons in view . Graduating with high honors , he entered Parliament when but twenty - three years of age as an adherent and firm supporter of ...
... gave himself wholly to his studies , having , as he told a friend , a seat in the House of Commons in view . Graduating with high honors , he entered Parliament when but twenty - three years of age as an adherent and firm supporter of ...
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... gave heed when we knew ! He who has gone over a road can tell its dangerous places and bypaths ; and , if he has placed danger signals there to warn fellow trav- elers , they surely ought not to neglect such signs and deliber- ately ...
... gave heed when we knew ! He who has gone over a road can tell its dangerous places and bypaths ; and , if he has placed danger signals there to warn fellow trav- elers , they surely ought not to neglect such signs and deliber- ately ...
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Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women William C. King,Charles H. Parkhurst No preview available - 2014 |
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