The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... all precious Interests , DEDICATE it , I enjoin upon you , as our fore- fathers dedicated all the Institutions which they established , to the cause of HUMAN NATURE . ” BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD . " All my.
... all precious Interests , DEDICATE it , I enjoin upon you , as our fore- fathers dedicated all the Institutions which they established , to the cause of HUMAN NATURE . ” BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD . " All my.
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... nature ; and that no reconciliation could be effectual until the latter should abandon its pretensions to new territories and new conquests . The soundness of Mr. Seward's opinions have been confirmed by subsequent events . The exciting ...
... nature ; and that no reconciliation could be effectual until the latter should abandon its pretensions to new territories and new conquests . The soundness of Mr. Seward's opinions have been confirmed by subsequent events . The exciting ...
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... Nature as especially committed to the care of the people of the United States . " To disseminate knowledge and to increase virtue , " he maintains , " is to establish the principles on which the recovery and preservation of the inherent ...
... Nature as especially committed to the care of the people of the United States . " To disseminate knowledge and to increase virtue , " he maintains , " is to establish the principles on which the recovery and preservation of the inherent ...
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... nature and provisions of the treaty . On the 24th of January , 1856 , the president brought the affairs of Kansas before congress in a special message which gave rise to a protracted discussion in both houses . In the senate the subject ...
... nature and provisions of the treaty . On the 24th of January , 1856 , the president brought the affairs of Kansas before congress in a special message which gave rise to a protracted discussion in both houses . In the senate the subject ...
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... nature . The following extracts from the platform adopted by this convention contain the essential principles of the new party : " Resolved , That , with our republican fathers , we hold it to be a self - evident truth , that all men ...
... nature . The following extracts from the platform adopted by this convention contain the essential principles of the new party : " Resolved , That , with our republican fathers , we hold it to be a self - evident truth , that all men ...
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