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... reason given , I pass it by . I shall advert to but one more point . Mr. Lamborn refers to the late elections in the States , and from their results con- fidently predicts that every State in the Union will vote for Mr. Van Buren at the ...
... reason given , I pass it by . I shall advert to but one more point . Mr. Lamborn refers to the late elections in the States , and from their results con- fidently predicts that every State in the Union will vote for Mr. Van Buren at the ...
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... reason to speak with judgment on such a subject , beseech you to ascribe it to the causes I have mentioned , and not to some false and ruinous suggestion of the Devil . The " But , " you will say , " do not your causes apply to every ...
... reason to speak with judgment on such a subject , beseech you to ascribe it to the causes I have mentioned , and not to some false and ruinous suggestion of the Devil . The " But , " you will say , " do not your causes apply to every ...
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... reason , and which , when once gained , you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause , if indeed that cause really be a just one . On the contrary , assume to dictate to his judg- ment , or to ...
... reason , and which , when once gained , you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause , if indeed that cause really be a just one . On the contrary , assume to dictate to his judg- ment , or to ...
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... reason excused if he do nothing ? " But , " says one , " what good can I do by signing the pledge ? I never drink , even without signing . " This question has already been asked and answered more than a million of times . Let it be ...
... reason excused if he do nothing ? " But , " says one , " what good can I do by signing the pledge ? I never drink , even without signing . " This question has already been asked and answered more than a million of times . Let it be ...
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... reason , all hail ! And when the victory shall be complete , -when there shall be neither a slave nor a drunkard on the earth , how proud the title of that land which may truly claim to be the birth- place and the cradle of both those ...
... reason , all hail ! And when the victory shall be complete , -when there shall be neither a slave nor a drunkard on the earth , how proud the title of that land which may truly claim to be the birth- place and the cradle of both those ...
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