Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... heart in our own great mission and avoid the fate which always punishes treachery in the ruler , luxury in the wealthy , and ignorance and crime among the people . Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia , August 29 , 1780 , and died in ...
... heart in our own great mission and avoid the fate which always punishes treachery in the ruler , luxury in the wealthy , and ignorance and crime among the people . Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia , August 29 , 1780 , and died in ...
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... heart ; and , in order to exhibit the efficiency of his " big gun , " he carried her into the waters of the Potomac , and on the 28th of February , 1844 , invited President Tyler and the gentlemen of his Cabinet , and a number of ...
... heart ; and , in order to exhibit the efficiency of his " big gun , " he carried her into the waters of the Potomac , and on the 28th of February , 1844 , invited President Tyler and the gentlemen of his Cabinet , and a number of ...
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... hearts the undying principles of democratic liberty . " 66 But George Bancroft long remained an active Democrat . Reared for the pulpit , like Everett , the best years of his early life were given to the Democracy . He was appointed ...
... hearts the undying principles of democratic liberty . " 66 But George Bancroft long remained an active Democrat . Reared for the pulpit , like Everett , the best years of his early life were given to the Democracy . He was appointed ...
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... heart in every latitude , and that its resistless rhetoric lingers in men's memory like angelic music . Written under the spur of duty , almost without notice , it was spoken with a fervor only surpassed by the eager sympathy with which ...
... heart in every latitude , and that its resistless rhetoric lingers in men's memory like angelic music . Written under the spur of duty , almost without notice , it was spoken with a fervor only surpassed by the eager sympathy with which ...
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John Wien Forney. resources , he entered into the contest with his whole heart , and on the 26th of January , 1861 , Louisiana was out of the Union . While these events were ripening - while the arms of the United States Government were ...
John Wien Forney. resources , he entered into the contest with his whole heart , and on the 26th of January , 1861 , Louisiana was out of the Union . While these events were ripening - while the arms of the United States Government were ...
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