Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 33
... honored college , now more than ever sought for its thorough and perfect training of the youth of the fortunate classes . Exceedingly susceptible , he had little rev- erence for great names . He had battled on all sides of par- ties ...
... honored college , now more than ever sought for its thorough and perfect training of the youth of the fortunate classes . Exceedingly susceptible , he had little rev- erence for great names . He had battled on all sides of par- ties ...
Page 36
... honor , whose rebuke was the wound of dis- grace ; the Puritans , disdaining ceremony , would not bow at the name of Jesus , nor bend the knee to the King of kings . Chivalry delighted in outward show , favored pleasure , multi- plied ...
... honor , whose rebuke was the wound of dis- grace ; the Puritans , disdaining ceremony , would not bow at the name of Jesus , nor bend the knee to the King of kings . Chivalry delighted in outward show , favored pleasure , multi- plied ...
Page 38
... honors ; to read , to write , to cipher , these had been his degrees in knowledge . And now , at sixteen years of age - in quest of an honest maintenance encountering intolerable toil ; cheered onward by being able to write to a ...
... honors ; to read , to write , to cipher , these had been his degrees in knowledge . And now , at sixteen years of age - in quest of an honest maintenance encountering intolerable toil ; cheered onward by being able to write to a ...
Page 49
... honor to preside as your chief magis- trate , so help me God ! there is no power on this earth shall ever lower from the fortress those flags , unless they be lowered and trailed in a sea of blood . I can here say to you it is the first ...
... honor to preside as your chief magis- trate , so help me God ! there is no power on this earth shall ever lower from the fortress those flags , unless they be lowered and trailed in a sea of blood . I can here say to you it is the first ...
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... honor to add an inch to their stature . They were men of native dignity and native resources , whom neither office nor title could make more conspicuous in the eyes of the people or on the page of history . Brough , from his railroad ...
... honor to add an inch to their stature . They were men of native dignity and native resources , whom neither office nor title could make more conspicuous in the eyes of the people or on the page of history . Brough , from his railroad ...
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