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Page 785
... course predominated in Mexico . This is not to say that Polk wanted the effort to fail . If peace could have been preserved under these circumstances , and his ends still accomplished , so much the better . But one did not go about ...
... course predominated in Mexico . This is not to say that Polk wanted the effort to fail . If peace could have been preserved under these circumstances , and his ends still accomplished , so much the better . But one did not go about ...
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... course pursued by his Government , and declaring his intention to proceed to Jalapa , there to await instructions adapted to an emergency so entirely unlooked for . He has now received these instructions . The President of the United ...
... course pursued by his Government , and declaring his intention to proceed to Jalapa , there to await instructions adapted to an emergency so entirely unlooked for . He has now received these instructions . The President of the United ...
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... course , for different reasons ) did the Court stay the hand of the President during the course of the crisis , nor is it likely that a future Court might do so on the strength of this decision . As indicated above , the war was over ...
... course , for different reasons ) did the Court stay the hand of the President during the course of the crisis , nor is it likely that a future Court might do so on the strength of this decision . As indicated above , the war was over ...
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The Ambivalence of the Concept of Party | 597 |
The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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