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Page 55
... course in both experiences is per- haps the very best proof of his sincerity . As I read his articles in The World , so caustic and courteous , I have but one regret , and that is that they are not in logical accord with his old anti ...
... course in both experiences is per- haps the very best proof of his sincerity . As I read his articles in The World , so caustic and courteous , I have but one regret , and that is that they are not in logical accord with his old anti ...
Page 68
... courses between rival candidates for other and inferior places . Mr. Buchanan at last secured the nomination for the Presidential bauble , and there was , I think , no living Muhlenberg who supported him , except the venerable Dr ...
... courses between rival candidates for other and inferior places . Mr. Buchanan at last secured the nomination for the Presidential bauble , and there was , I think , no living Muhlenberg who supported him , except the venerable Dr ...
Page 81
... course he could not pay the note when it fell due , but Mr. Choate kindly and carefully protected his credit . With un- broken spirit and restored health he began the practice of the law , and at the end of a comparatively short time ...
... course he could not pay the note when it fell due , but Mr. Choate kindly and carefully protected his credit . With un- broken spirit and restored health he began the practice of the law , and at the end of a comparatively short time ...
Page 88
... course of preparation by Dr. McClin- tock , he inclosed to me the following striking incident of the last hours of his venerable friend , Judge Wilkins , now for the first time published : " Judge Wilkins gloried in the unimpeachable ...
... course of preparation by Dr. McClin- tock , he inclosed to me the following striking incident of the last hours of his venerable friend , Judge Wilkins , now for the first time published : " Judge Wilkins gloried in the unimpeachable ...
Page 93
... course on the Kansas Question he did not hesitate to denounce as unutterably bad . On this Decoration day , as I look out upon Arlington Heights and hear the guns thundering over the graves of those who perished that their country might ...
... course on the Kansas Question he did not hesitate to denounce as unutterably bad . On this Decoration day , as I look out upon Arlington Heights and hear the guns thundering over the graves of those who perished that their country might ...
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