Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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Page 139
... success has no option but to lend his services if called for . Permit me to say it would be inglorious in such a situation not to hazard the glory , however great , which he might have previously acquired . Secondly . Your signature to ...
... success has no option but to lend his services if called for . Permit me to say it would be inglorious in such a situation not to hazard the glory , however great , which he might have previously acquired . Secondly . Your signature to ...
Page 245
... success to our just & laudable views . There ought not to be any backwardness there- fore , I think , in meeting her ... success in the event of an appeal to force , it doubles the chance of success without that appeal . It is not ...
... success to our just & laudable views . There ought not to be any backwardness there- fore , I think , in meeting her ... success in the event of an appeal to force , it doubles the chance of success without that appeal . It is not ...
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... success nothing will be accomplished there , and without military and political success there is here always danger that the insurgents will be encouraged , if not by the Government , at least by part of the public opinion . I do not ...
... success nothing will be accomplished there , and without military and political success there is here always danger that the insurgents will be encouraged , if not by the Government , at least by part of the public opinion . I do not ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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