Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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... duty forbids this , then let us stand by our duty , fear- lessly and effectively . Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us , nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of ...
... duty forbids this , then let us stand by our duty , fear- lessly and effectively . Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us , nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of ...
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... duty to dismiss you to your several avocations with my thanks for your presence and aid . But now I have something more to do , the omission of which would not be consistent with propriety . In the political history of the United States ...
... duty to dismiss you to your several avocations with my thanks for your presence and aid . But now I have something more to do , the omission of which would not be consistent with propriety . In the political history of the United States ...
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... duty , " he said , " to open the certificates of election in the presence of the two Houses , and I now proceed to the performance of that duty . " There is an unmeasured , latent energy in the personal pres- ence of a strong man . If ...
... duty , " he said , " to open the certificates of election in the presence of the two Houses , and I now proceed to the performance of that duty . " There is an unmeasured , latent energy in the personal pres- ence of a strong man . If ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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