Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... better . More than once , when I bore a message to him from the Senate , he detained me with some amusing sketch of Western life . He seemed to have read the character , and to know the peculiarities of every leading man in Congress and ...
... better . More than once , when I bore a message to him from the Senate , he detained me with some amusing sketch of Western life . He seemed to have read the character , and to know the peculiarities of every leading man in Congress and ...
Page 43
... better pub- lic opinion allow it ? Shall we send a flag of truce ? What would he have ? Or would he conduct this war so feebly that the whole world would smile at us in derision ? What would he have ? These speeches of his , sown ...
... better pub- lic opinion allow it ? Shall we send a flag of truce ? What would he have ? Or would he conduct this war so feebly that the whole world would smile at us in derision ? What would he have ? These speeches of his , sown ...
Page 56
... better , inasmuch as the most thoughtful men are not always the best speakers , and the best speakers are not always the most thoughtful men . A calm , conversational style necessitates logic or an attempt in that direction , and leaves ...
... better , inasmuch as the most thoughtful men are not always the best speakers , and the best speakers are not always the most thoughtful men . A calm , conversational style necessitates logic or an attempt in that direction , and leaves ...
Page 61
... better fitted for the sight of Heaven and for the service and fellowship of man . " Give us in our duties here but something of the spirit of the Roman father , who delivered up his son to the axe of jus- tice because he loved his ...
... better fitted for the sight of Heaven and for the service and fellowship of man . " Give us in our duties here but something of the spirit of the Roman father , who delivered up his son to the axe of jus- tice because he loved his ...
Page 84
... better , Pope of Rome , I'd have no fighting men abroad , no weeping maids at home : All the world should be at peace , or , if kings must show their might , Why let those who make the quarrels be the only men to fight . Yes , let those ...
... better , Pope of Rome , I'd have no fighting men abroad , no weeping maids at home : All the world should be at peace , or , if kings must show their might , Why let those who make the quarrels be the only men to fight . Yes , let those ...
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