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... person . It may be shown that even its force depends on the principles of analysis , structure , evidence and persuasion explained first in connection with argumen- tation ; that it has infinite variety , and may lead easily into all ...
... person . It may be shown that even its force depends on the principles of analysis , structure , evidence and persuasion explained first in connection with argumen- tation ; that it has infinite variety , and may lead easily into all ...
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... person as rightfully held in 15 Slavery by a traitor , we believe the Rebellion would therein have received a staggering if not fatal blow . At that mo- ment , according to the returns of the most recent elec- tions , the Unionists were ...
... person as rightfully held in 15 Slavery by a traitor , we believe the Rebellion would therein have received a staggering if not fatal blow . At that mo- ment , according to the returns of the most recent elec- tions , the Unionists were ...
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... person's high approval . It should seem that Johnson had called upon him afterwards and been refused admittance , a thing far from inexplicable when the person happened to be a Cabinet Minister in a laborious department . He had ...
... person's high approval . It should seem that Johnson had called upon him afterwards and been refused admittance , a thing far from inexplicable when the person happened to be a Cabinet Minister in a laborious department . He had ...
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... persons when the coup d'état of 1857 changed the President into Napoleon III . Hugo first fled to Brussels , whence he issued within a year his " Histoire d'une Crime , " an account of the coup d'état , and his " Napoleon le Petit , " a ...
... persons when the coup d'état of 1857 changed the President into Napoleon III . Hugo first fled to Brussels , whence he issued within a year his " Histoire d'une Crime , " an account of the coup d'état , and his " Napoleon le Petit , " a ...
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... is , in the order of dates and responsi- 35 bilities , the first person guilty of the fearful judicial error that has been committed . - The bordereau already had been for some time in Emile Zola . 27 DREYFUS CASE EMILE ZOLA,
... is , in the order of dates and responsi- 35 bilities , the first person guilty of the fearful judicial error that has been committed . - The bordereau already had been for some time in Emile Zola . 27 DREYFUS CASE EMILE ZOLA,
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Page 228 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 229 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 232 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government and to collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 239 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.