The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page 79
... become painful to me , and justly offensive to the community , if they should be allowed to take on any public or conventional form of manifestation . For this reason , if it were respectful and con- sistent with your own public ...
... become painful to me , and justly offensive to the community , if they should be allowed to take on any public or conventional form of manifestation . For this reason , if it were respectful and con- sistent with your own public ...
Page 85
... become at last attentive , willing to be convinced , and satisfied of the soundness of the republican faith . It has been a task . We had first to reach the young through the prejudices of the old . I have never expected my own age and ...
... become at last attentive , willing to be convinced , and satisfied of the soundness of the republican faith . It has been a task . We had first to reach the young through the prejudices of the old . I have never expected my own age and ...
Page 86
... become a populous and powerful metropolis . He saw around him the elements and assurances of its growth and ultimate greatness , and he felt that his time had not been wasted , nor his labor lost , in making this visit ; he hoped the ...
... become a populous and powerful metropolis . He saw around him the elements and assurances of its growth and ultimate greatness , and he felt that his time had not been wasted , nor his labor lost , in making this visit ; he hoped the ...
Page 88
... become ultimately free states . " ) The occasion brought out a grand republican display and mass meeting . The people from all the surrounding country came , in unprecedented numbers . In the immense procession , which formed a part of ...
... become ultimately free states . " ) The occasion brought out a grand republican display and mass meeting . The people from all the surrounding country came , in unprecedented numbers . In the immense procession , which formed a part of ...
Page 92
... become habi- tuated to , a welcome that should be distinguished by the light of a thousand torches , and by the voices of multitudes , of music and of cannon . But the angel of death passed just before me on the way , and instead of the ...
... become habi- tuated to , a welcome that should be distinguished by the light of a thousand torches , and by the voices of multitudes , of music and of cannon . But the angel of death passed just before me on the way , and instead of the ...
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