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... position I was about to take , in consenting to be a member of that committee . I knew that it was no enviable , but a perilous position . I knew well the difficulty of reconciling the excited feelings of different sections of this ...
... position I was about to take , in consenting to be a member of that committee . I knew that it was no enviable , but a perilous position . I knew well the difficulty of reconciling the excited feelings of different sections of this ...
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... position , and with- out experience in legislative debate , I speak from no eminence which will entitle me to command atten- tion . I claim for what I say that consideration only which is due to sincerity of belief , to directness of ...
... position , and with- out experience in legislative debate , I speak from no eminence which will entitle me to command atten- tion . I claim for what I say that consideration only which is due to sincerity of belief , to directness of ...
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... position . America , and even in Cuba . The invasion will be I know how men and parties , now earnest , and not merely harmless , but beneficent , if you yield zealous , and bold , may yet fall away from me , as seasonably to its just ...
... position . America , and even in Cuba . The invasion will be I know how men and parties , now earnest , and not merely harmless , but beneficent , if you yield zealous , and bold , may yet fall away from me , as seasonably to its just ...
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