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Page 52
... attempt no evasion -- no equivocation . And if , so answering , he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed , —that it was not within an inhab- ited country , or , if within such , that 52 LETTERS AND ...
... attempt no evasion -- no equivocation . And if , so answering , he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed , —that it was not within an inhab- ited country , or , if within such , that 52 LETTERS AND ...
Page 55
... attempting to argue us into it he argues himself out of it , then seizes an- other and goes through the same process , and then , confused at being able to think of nothing new , he snatches up the old one again , which he has some time ...
... attempting to argue us into it he argues himself out of it , then seizes an- other and goes through the same process , and then , confused at being able to think of nothing new , he snatches up the old one again , which he has some time ...
Page 61
... attempts to keep a young man down ; and they will succeed , too , if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury . Cast about , and see if this feel- ing has not injured every person you ...
... attempts to keep a young man down ; and they will succeed , too , if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury . Cast about , and see if this feel- ing has not injured every person you ...
Page 65
... attempting to write me into a mili- tary hero . Mr. Speaker , I adopt the suggestion of a friend , that General Cass is a general of splendidly successful charges -charges to be sure , not upon the public enemy , but upon the public ...
... attempting to write me into a mili- tary hero . Mr. Speaker , I adopt the suggestion of a friend , that General Cass is a general of splendidly successful charges -charges to be sure , not upon the public enemy , but upon the public ...
Page 75
... attempt to make of it , and in it we have before us the chief material enabling us to judge correctly whether the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is right or wrong . think , and shall try to show , that it is wrong - wrong in its ...
... attempt to make of it , and in it we have before us the chief material enabling us to judge correctly whether the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is right or wrong . think , and shall try to show , that it is wrong - wrong in its ...
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