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... challenged the highest respect . He and Mr. Blaine were the only members of that House who had previously held the position of Speaker . Near General Banks sat the Hon . William D. Kelley of Pennsylvania . He had known many years of ...
... challenged the highest respect . He and Mr. Blaine were the only members of that House who had previously held the position of Speaker . Near General Banks sat the Hon . William D. Kelley of Pennsylvania . He had known many years of ...
Page 80
... challenged the attention and wonder of the nations ; that of the chief magistrate of a great republic at the bar of justice , calmly awaiting judg- ment without popular disturbance or attempted revolt , under the safeguards of law and ...
... challenged the attention and wonder of the nations ; that of the chief magistrate of a great republic at the bar of justice , calmly awaiting judg- ment without popular disturbance or attempted revolt , under the safeguards of law and ...
Page 99
... challenged the attention of the country , and gave him high place among the great debaters of that memorable Congress . In ... challenge the admiration of the world and stand the test of all the ages . " After a graphic description of ...
... challenged the attention of the country , and gave him high place among the great debaters of that memorable Congress . In ... challenge the admiration of the world and stand the test of all the ages . " After a graphic description of ...
Page 110
... challenge respect in any assem- blage . There was nothing of the " grotesque " about the one , nothing of the " political juggler " about the other . Both were deeply impressed with the gravity of the questions at issue , and of what ...
... challenge respect in any assem- blage . There was nothing of the " grotesque " about the one , nothing of the " political juggler " about the other . Both were deeply impressed with the gravity of the questions at issue , and of what ...
Page 138
... challenged respect in any assembly . While yet in her teens , she had married a purser in the Navy , who soon after died by his own hand , while on a cruise to the Mediterranean . A year or two after his death , with reputation somewhat ...
... challenged respect in any assembly . While yet in her teens , she had married a purser in the Navy , who soon after died by his own hand , while on a cruise to the Mediterranean . A year or two after his death , with reputation somewhat ...
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