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... became sheriff of Harrison County and lived to see his two sons , Rezin Caleb and John J. Davis , enter the profession of law and as young men attain prominence . The latter was born in Clarksburg May 5 , 1835 , and died there in 1916 ...
... became sheriff of Harrison County and lived to see his two sons , Rezin Caleb and John J. Davis , enter the profession of law and as young men attain prominence . The latter was born in Clarksburg May 5 , 1835 , and died there in 1916 ...
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... became patriarchal . In Clarksburg in his later years he was almost an insti- tution . Seeing him approach in long black coat and soft gray hat , his fellow townsmen would say : " There comes the old Jeffersonian . " Anna Kennedy , the ...
... became patriarchal . In Clarksburg in his later years he was almost an insti- tution . Seeing him approach in long black coat and soft gray hat , his fellow townsmen would say : " There comes the old Jeffersonian . " Anna Kennedy , the ...
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... in his office and later became his rival . But though his practice was growing , fees were small and a lawyer's income meagre . Even some twenty years later , when the son entered practice in partner- 24 JOHN W. DAVIS.
... in his office and later became his rival . But though his practice was growing , fees were small and a lawyer's income meagre . Even some twenty years later , when the son entered practice in partner- 24 JOHN W. DAVIS.
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... became an accepted part of the social scheme , Anna Kennedy Davis was an advocate of both . She took an active interest in community affairs , found politics absorbing and never failed to follow the day's news . Her versa- tility seemed ...
... became an accepted part of the social scheme , Anna Kennedy Davis was an advocate of both . She took an active interest in community affairs , found politics absorbing and never failed to follow the day's news . Her versa- tility seemed ...
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... became a skilled boxer . At last Pantops had given him everything it could in scholarship and association , and at sixteen the matur- ing youth stood at the threshold of a college career . From the academy at Charlottesville to the ...
... became a skilled boxer . At last Pantops had given him everything it could in scholarship and association , and at sixteen the matur- ing youth stood at the threshold of a college career . From the academy at Charlottesville to the ...
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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.
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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.