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... material he had to work with . He was constantly required to make snap decisions that would have far - reaching effects on the basis of what those sheets of tele- graphic flimsy told him ; and what they told him PREFACE xi.
... material he had to work with . He was constantly required to make snap decisions that would have far - reaching effects on the basis of what those sheets of tele- graphic flimsy told him ; and what they told him PREFACE xi.
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Fletcher Pratt. graphic flimsy told him ; and what they told him was sometimes not true and nearly always incomplete . There was no time , for example , to send a trained investigator to Nashville to find out whether General Wilson ...
Fletcher Pratt. graphic flimsy told him ; and what they told him was sometimes not true and nearly always incomplete . There was no time , for example , to send a trained investigator to Nashville to find out whether General Wilson ...
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... told a story : Mr. Stanton , then Attorney - General , was in full sympathy with the leaders in Congress who dragged the south into rebellion . He met Senator Brown of Mississippi , at the door of the Supreme Court , as he passed from ...
... told a story : Mr. Stanton , then Attorney - General , was in full sympathy with the leaders in Congress who dragged the south into rebellion . He met Senator Brown of Mississippi , at the door of the Supreme Court , as he passed from ...
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