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... become explicit in expres- sion . His briefs , Supreme Court arguments , state papers and public addresses years later were to dem- onstrate the result of this early discipline . By the time he was ten years old , John had pro- gressed ...
... become explicit in expres- sion . His briefs , Supreme Court arguments , state papers and public addresses years later were to dem- onstrate the result of this early discipline . By the time he was ten years old , John had pro- gressed ...
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... become impressed at once with a somewhat peculiar phenomenon . The feminine portion of the community pictures him as a boy who was always cleanly washed and prim , remaining close to his home , while the mas- culine associates of his ...
... become impressed at once with a somewhat peculiar phenomenon . The feminine portion of the community pictures him as a boy who was always cleanly washed and prim , remaining close to his home , while the mas- culine associates of his ...
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... becoming a bookworm , he managed to gradu- ate in Latin and win a scholarship in English the first year , earn a scholarship in geology the second year , and at the end of the third year graduate in all academic subjects with the degree ...
... becoming a bookworm , he managed to gradu- ate in Latin and win a scholarship in English the first year , earn a scholarship in geology the second year , and at the end of the third year graduate in all academic subjects with the degree ...
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... become principal of the Lexing- ton schools , is authority for the statement that , in com- mon with most of the students , " Bones " Davis " took calico . " He remembers him also for his ability to say much in a few words , and as ...
... become principal of the Lexing- ton schools , is authority for the statement that , in com- mon with most of the students , " Bones " Davis " took calico . " He remembers him also for his ability to say much in a few words , and as ...
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... become acquainted . Dean Tucker was a rare raconteur . In the course of the evening he got to telling humorous stories . President Cleveland laughed so heartily at one of them that his chair tipped back- At Pantops Academy . Organizers ...
... become acquainted . Dean Tucker was a rare raconteur . In the course of the evening he got to telling humorous stories . President Cleveland laughed so heartily at one of them that his chair tipped back- At Pantops Academy . Organizers ...
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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.