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... matter is of course unrelated . Five daughters had now been born . They were Lil- lie , now Mrs. John A. Preston of Cincinnati ; Emma K. , of Clarksburg ; Anna , called Nancy , wife of the Rev. H. G. Richardson of Yonkers , N. Y ...
... matter is of course unrelated . Five daughters had now been born . They were Lil- lie , now Mrs. John A. Preston of Cincinnati ; Emma K. , of Clarksburg ; Anna , called Nancy , wife of the Rev. H. G. Richardson of Yonkers , N. Y ...
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... matter . I just wanted to see whether John would do it ! " " He did ! " a caller remarked . " He certainly did , " John J. agreed . And there the matter ended . It was young John's first appearance on any political stage . His debut was ...
... matter . I just wanted to see whether John would do it ! " " He did ! " a caller remarked . " He certainly did , " John J. agreed . And there the matter ended . It was young John's first appearance on any political stage . His debut was ...
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... matter with John Davis ? Get him . " McReynolds would make inquiries . would assure him : " He is the ablest lawyer in the House . " His callers They recalled the Archbald case - the Glover case— the endorsements for the Circuit Court ...
... matter with John Davis ? Get him . " McReynolds would make inquiries . would assure him : " He is the ablest lawyer in the House . " His callers They recalled the Archbald case - the Glover case— the endorsements for the Circuit Court ...
Page 109
... matter entirely secret and not to telegraph Mrs. Davis , but I am authorized to tell her and will send any message to you which she may desire . Reply as soon as possible by telegraph through Embassy . Lansing . ' " Very truly yours ...
... matter entirely secret and not to telegraph Mrs. Davis , but I am authorized to tell her and will send any message to you which she may desire . Reply as soon as possible by telegraph through Embassy . Lansing . ' " Very truly yours ...
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... matter with Sharp . Please ask Nell to consider as affecting Julia's education and whereabouts . " DAVIS . " The message was duly sent . A day or two there- after came a cabled answer from Lansing , in Washing- ton , supplying the ...
... matter with Sharp . Please ask Nell to consider as affecting Julia's education and whereabouts . " DAVIS . " The message was duly sent . A day or two there- after came a cabled answer from Lansing , in Washing- ton , supplying 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.
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.