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Page 39
... present , and to come , it had its evils too . breathed forth famine , swam in blood , and rode in fire ; and long , long after , the orphan's cry and the widow's wail con- tinued to break the sad silence that ensued . These were the ...
... present , and to come , it had its evils too . breathed forth famine , swam in blood , and rode in fire ; and long , long after , the orphan's cry and the widow's wail con- tinued to break the sad silence that ensued . These were the ...
Page 44
... present happiness . I am pleased with that acknowledgment . But a thousand times more am I pleased to know that you enjoy a degree of happiness worthy of an acknowledgment . The truth is , I am not sure that there was any merit with me ...
... present happiness . I am pleased with that acknowledgment . But a thousand times more am I pleased to know that you enjoy a degree of happiness worthy of an acknowledgment . The truth is , I am not sure that there was any merit with me ...
Page 52
... present war commenced , let the President answer the interrogatories I proposed , as before mentioned , or some other similar ones . Let him answer fully , fairly , and can- didly . Let him answer with facts and not with arguments . Let ...
... present war commenced , let the President answer the interrogatories I proposed , as before mentioned , or some other similar ones . Let him answer fully , fairly , and can- didly . Let him answer with facts and not with arguments . Let ...
Page 72
... present sickness . I sincerely hope • father may recover his health , but at all events , tell him to remember to call upon and confide in our great and good and merciful Maker , who will not turn away from him in any extremity . He ...
... present sickness . I sincerely hope • father may recover his health , but at all events , tell him to remember to call upon and confide in our great and good and merciful Maker , who will not turn away from him in any extremity . He ...
Page 84
... present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I apprised that any Nebraska newspaper , or any Nebraska orator , in the whole nation has ever yet rebuked him . If this had been said among Marion's men , Southerners though they were ...
... present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I apprised that any Nebraska newspaper , or any Nebraska orator , in the whole nation has ever yet rebuked him . If this had been said among Marion's men , Southerners though they were ...
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