Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 50
... present , I believe , he is largely interested in promoting the internal improvements of the State . He was never a member of either branch of Congress . Beriah Magoffin , Governor of Kentucky till August , 1863 , did his best to ...
... present , I believe , he is largely interested in promoting the internal improvements of the State . He was never a member of either branch of Congress . Beriah Magoffin , Governor of Kentucky till August , 1863 , did his best to ...
Page 67
... present mood is rather the mood or the greed of money , and the appetite for what is called progress , yet the time will assuredly come when the hearts once warmed by the heroism of patriots in other lands will again throb with the ...
... present mood is rather the mood or the greed of money , and the appetite for what is called progress , yet the time will assuredly come when the hearts once warmed by the heroism of patriots in other lands will again throb with the ...
Page 71
... present fate inspires . Nor do I forget the companions of my exile . The freedom that has been restored to me is imbittered by the recollection of their captivity . My heart is with them at this hour , and shares the solitude in which ...
... present fate inspires . Nor do I forget the companions of my exile . The freedom that has been restored to me is imbittered by the recollection of their captivity . My heart is with them at this hour , and shares the solitude in which ...
Page 78
... present aggressive political leader in Massachu- setts . They were very dissimilar men , except that both were hard - shell Democrats - the one up to the period of his death , in 1858 , and the other up to his forty - third year , when ...
... present aggressive political leader in Massachu- setts . They were very dissimilar men , except that both were hard - shell Democrats - the one up to the period of his death , in 1858 , and the other up to his forty - third year , when ...
Page 101
... present . " The venerable Thurlow Weed , the only one of the firm yet alive , deeply regretted that the letter had been forced out , be- cause " it destroyed ideals of disinterested generosity , which relieved political life from so ...
... present . " The venerable Thurlow Weed , the only one of the firm yet alive , deeply regretted that the letter had been forced out , be- cause " it destroyed ideals of disinterested generosity , which relieved political life from so ...
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