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Page 53
... evidence of personal and neighborhood friendship which it afforded him , the surprise could hardly have been a pleasant one , for his political convictions had placed him among those who were in almost a hopeless minority . Party ...
... evidence of personal and neighborhood friendship which it afforded him , the surprise could hardly have been a pleasant one , for his political convictions had placed him among those who were in almost a hopeless minority . Party ...
Page 81
... evidence . All the witnesses were equally positive , and equally credible . Mr. Lincoln was on the side of the defendant , and contended that the voice of nature in the mare and colt ought to outweigh the testimony of a hundred men ...
... evidence . All the witnesses were equally positive , and equally credible . Mr. Lincoln was on the side of the defendant , and contended that the voice of nature in the mare and colt ought to outweigh the testimony of a hundred men ...
Page 82
... evidence . " He said that in a civil suit , absolute certainty , or such certainty . as would be required to convict a man of crime , was not es- sential . They must decide the case according to the impres- sion which the evidence had ...
... evidence . " He said that in a civil suit , absolute certainty , or such certainty . as would be required to convict a man of crime , was not es- sential . They must decide the case according to the impres- sion which the evidence had ...
Page 106
... evidence - is , from beginning to end , the sheerest decep- tion . The issue , as he presents it , is in these words : But there are those who , conceding all this to be true , assume the ground that the true western boundary of Texas ...
... evidence - is , from beginning to end , the sheerest decep- tion . The issue , as he presents it , is in these words : But there are those who , conceding all this to be true , assume the ground that the true western boundary of Texas ...
Page 107
... evidence is , that ' The Republic of Texas always claimed this river ( Rio Grande ) as her western boundary . ' That is not true , in fact . Texas has claimed it , but she has not always claimed it . There is , at least , one ...
... evidence is , that ' The Republic of Texas always claimed this river ( Rio Grande ) as her western boundary . ' That is not true , in fact . Texas has claimed it , but she has not always claimed it . There is , at least , one ...
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