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... , Solicitor General of the United States at 40 , appointed to the nation's highest diplomatic post at 45 , the acknowledged leader of the American bar at 49 , the presidential nominee xiii CHAPTER ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOREWORD xiii.
... , Solicitor General of the United States at 40 , appointed to the nation's highest diplomatic post at 45 , the acknowledged leader of the American bar at 49 , the presidential nominee xiii CHAPTER ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOREWORD xiii.
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... appointed minster to France . In 1918 Davis was in London on a diplomatic mission when appointed ambassador to Great Britain . After a period of public service each retired to private life— Jefferson upon resigning as secretary of state ...
... appointed minster to France . In 1918 Davis was in London on a diplomatic mission when appointed ambassador to Great Britain . After a period of public service each retired to private life— Jefferson upon resigning as secretary of state ...
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... appointment to the United States Supreme Court twice , first by Wilson and again under Harding . The late Chief ... appointed to an existing vacancy . On another occasion he remarked facetiously that " the court thinks so much of John ...
... appointment to the United States Supreme Court twice , first by Wilson and again under Harding . The late Chief ... appointed to an existing vacancy . On another occasion he remarked facetiously that " the court thinks so much of John ...
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... appointment as assistant principal of the Clarksburg high school which he rejected . He had now determined if possible to enter law school immediately . With this in view , he went to his father with a new proposal . " If you will go on ...
... appointment as assistant principal of the Clarksburg high school which he rejected . He had now determined if possible to enter law school immediately . With this in view , he went to his father with a new proposal . " If you will go on ...
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... appointment as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court , a number of Tucker's friends arranged a dinner to enable them to meet and become acquainted . Dean Tucker was a rare raconteur . In the course of the evening he got to ...
... appointment as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court , a number of Tucker's friends arranged a dinner to enable them to meet and become acquainted . Dean Tucker was a rare raconteur . In the course of the evening he got to ...
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Page 252 - A treaty entering the Senate is like a bull going into the arena: no one can say just how or when the final blow will fall — but one thing is certain — it will never leave the arena alive.
Page 166 - Constitution in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity, intended to empower the Federal Government to exclude slavery from the Territories.
Page 256 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our...
Page 155 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Page 155 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 242 - A nation yet, the rulers and the ruled — Some sense of duty, something of a faith, Some reverence for the laws ourselves have made, Some patient force to change them when we will, Some civic manhood firm against the crowd — But yonder, whiff!
Page 284 - that all men ... are endowed by their creator with [inalienable rights to] life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness [and] that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men.