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... speaking here and elsewhere about the same thing . I was about as badly scared , and no worse , as I am when I speak in court . I expect to make one within a week or two , in which I hope to succeed well enough to wish you to see it ...
... speaking here and elsewhere about the same thing . I was about as badly scared , and no worse , as I am when I speak in court . I expect to make one within a week or two , in which I hope to succeed well enough to wish you to see it ...
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... speak ; and your only alternative is to tell the truth or a lie . I cannot doubt which you would do . [ Letter to William H. Herndon , Washington , 2 February 1848. ] Dear William : I just take my pen to say that Mr Ste- phens , of ...
... speak ; and your only alternative is to tell the truth or a lie . I cannot doubt which you would do . [ Letter to William H. Herndon , Washington , 2 February 1848. ] Dear William : I just take my pen to say that Mr Ste- phens , of ...
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... speak , some sing , and all " holler . " Your meetings will be of evenings ; the older men , and the women , will go to hear you ; so that it will not only contribute to the election of " Old Zach , " but will be an interesting pastime ...
... speak , some sing , and all " holler . " Your meetings will be of evenings ; the older men , and the women , will go to hear you ; so that it will not only contribute to the election of " Old Zach , " but will be an interesting pastime ...
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... Speaking of General Cass's I was not at Stillman's de- fought , bled , and came away . career reminds me of my own . feat , but I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's sur- render ; and , like him , I saw the place very soon ...
... Speaking of General Cass's I was not at Stillman's de- fought , bled , and came away . career reminds me of my own . feat , but I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's sur- render ; and , like him , I saw the place very soon ...
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... speaking should be practised and cultivated . It is the lawyer's avenue to the public . However able and faithful he may be in other respects , people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech . And yet there is not a ...
... speaking should be practised and cultivated . It is the lawyer's avenue to the public . However able and faithful he may be in other respects , people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech . And yet there is not a ...
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