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... fact that when it was put upon him to choose a biographer he expressed a prefer- ence for the undersigned . LEW . WALLACE . NEWPORT , R. I. , August 6 , 1888 . CONTENTS . LIFE OF BENJAMIN HARRISON CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY . 6 PREFACE .
... fact that when it was put upon him to choose a biographer he expressed a prefer- ence for the undersigned . LEW . WALLACE . NEWPORT , R. I. , August 6 , 1888 . CONTENTS . LIFE OF BENJAMIN HARRISON CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY . 6 PREFACE .
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... fact this is the American law of the case - well for the parent if he have a worthy son , well for the son if he have had a worthy parent . With such a view of the law , there would be no hesitation on the part of the writer in dealing ...
... fact this is the American law of the case - well for the parent if he have a worthy son , well for the son if he have had a worthy parent . With such a view of the law , there would be no hesitation on the part of the writer in dealing ...
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... fact it is not positively known that he had de- scendants to emigrate . Still a tradition in the family holds him one of them , and it is corrob- orated by the probabilities . England under Charles II . would have been an unpleasant ...
... fact it is not positively known that he had de- scendants to emigrate . Still a tradition in the family holds him one of them , and it is corrob- orated by the probabilities . England under Charles II . would have been an unpleasant ...
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... fact that he issued from the trial poor , and without a taint upon his honor , must be regarded as cred- itable to him in the highest degree . His repu- tation may be rested upon this circumstance quite as safely as upon his military ...
... fact that he issued from the trial poor , and without a taint upon his honor , must be regarded as cred- itable to him in the highest degree . His repu- tation may be rested upon this circumstance quite as safely as upon his military ...
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... fact , consented to the mar- riage ; but , hearing some slanderous reports of the captain , he afterwards withdrew his consent . The lovers were in nowise daunted . They re- solved to proceed with their engagement . No- vember 29 , 1795 ...
... fact , consented to the mar- riage ; but , hearing some slanderous reports of the captain , he afterwards withdrew his consent . The lovers were in nowise daunted . They re- solved to proceed with their engagement . No- vember 29 , 1795 ...
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Page 517 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 382 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 251 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 252 - That to the union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population, its surprising development of material resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness; at home, and its honor abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may...
Page 450 - His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback.
Page 345 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently to be regarded in the courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 342 - That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.
Page 250 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 450 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Page 110 - peace on any terms," the South would demand the restoration of their slaves already freed. They would demand indemnity for losses sustained, and they would demand a treaty which would make the North slave-hunters for the.