Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... side , either Douglas or Calhoun being usually at hand to reply . Lincoln regarded the latter as the harder to Illinois could not be wrested from the Demo- cratic party , but the efforts made were not wasted on so helpless a cause as ...
... side , either Douglas or Calhoun being usually at hand to reply . Lincoln regarded the latter as the harder to Illinois could not be wrested from the Demo- cratic party , but the efforts made were not wasted on so helpless a cause as ...
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... sides , in the Harrison canvass - one tall and ungainly , yet amiable , modest , kind - hearted , already noted as a speaker and aspiring to a higher posi- tion than he had been given by prolonged legislative service ; the other low in ...
... sides , in the Harrison canvass - one tall and ungainly , yet amiable , modest , kind - hearted , already noted as a speaker and aspiring to a higher posi- tion than he had been given by prolonged legislative service ; the other low in ...
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... side . She preferred the principles and habits of Lincoln to those of Douglas , as she avowed afterward ; and if she was also influenced by ambition , her political intuition - famous in later life — was not now at fault . To a friend ...
... side . She preferred the principles and habits of Lincoln to those of Douglas , as she avowed afterward ; and if she was also influenced by ambition , her political intuition - famous in later life — was not now at fault . To a friend ...
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... side . In that note you say you have been informed , through the medium of the editor of the Journal , that I am the author of certain articles in that paper which you deem personally abusive of you ; and , without stop- ping to inquire ...
... side . In that note you say you have been informed , through the medium of the editor of the Journal , that I am the author of certain articles in that paper which you deem personally abusive of you ; and , without stop- ping to inquire ...
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... side . It may be readily granted that this union was not based on such a passion as we read of , for example , in Disraeli's Henrietta Temple . It is clear that there was an affinity in their ambitions ; that mutual appreciation came ...
... side . It may be readily granted that this union was not based on such a passion as we read of , for example , in Disraeli's Henrietta Temple . It is clear that there was an affinity in their ambitions ; that mutual appreciation came ...
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