Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... soon disappeared from the arena . Men hitherto compara- tively unknown to the country at large were soon to the front . Conspicuous among them was a country lawyer whose home was at Springfield , Illinois . With the mighty events soon ...
... soon disappeared from the arena . Men hitherto compara- tively unknown to the country at large were soon to the front . Conspicuous among them was a country lawyer whose home was at Springfield , Illinois . With the mighty events soon ...
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... soon after called . The greeting between Judge Douglas and himself was most cordial , and their conversa- tion , principally of incidents of their early lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just ...
... soon after called . The greeting between Judge Douglas and himself was most cordial , and their conversa- tion , principally of incidents of their early lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just ...
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... soon thereafter determined . The Electoral Commission was an imperative necessity . As such it was created , consisting of five members each , from the Senate , the House of Representatives , and the Supreme Court . Its decisions were ...
... soon thereafter determined . The Electoral Commission was an imperative necessity . As such it was created , consisting of five members each , from the Senate , the House of Representatives , and the Supreme Court . Its decisions were ...
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... soon followed . At a later day , Colonel Morrison was a prominent candidate for nomi- nation as President by the national convention of his party . His personal friendships and antagonisms were well known . It is related of him that ...
... soon followed . At a later day , Colonel Morrison was a prominent candidate for nomi- nation as President by the national convention of his party . His personal friendships and antagonisms were well known . It is related of him that ...
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... soon took high rank as an orator , and never failed to command the attention of the House . Few speeches delivered during that session of Con- gress were so generally published , or more extensively quoted than were those of Mr ...
... soon took high rank as an orator , and never failed to command the attention of the House . Few speeches delivered during that session of Con- gress were so generally published , or more extensively quoted than were those of Mr ...
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