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... mind in Congress at 38 , 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 ...
... mind in Congress at 38 , 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 ...
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... mind well stocked with the things that count . For conviction he rests his case on facts and logic , concisely marshaled . His emo- tional nature runs deep , but not too deep , beneath the reserve of his race . Candid eyes , a ...
... mind well stocked with the things that count . For conviction he rests his case on facts and logic , concisely marshaled . His emo- tional nature runs deep , but not too deep , beneath the reserve of his race . Candid eyes , a ...
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... mind , and with all thy strength ; " and " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . " Under these influences John W. Davis grew to manhood . The story of his life is as much the story of a boy as that of a man , and of the parents as ...
... mind , and with all thy strength ; " and " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . " Under these influences John W. Davis grew to manhood . The story of his life is as much the story of a boy as that of a man , and of the parents as ...
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... mind and excellent education ; his father , John J. Davis , a lawyer , legislator and ardent Jeffersonian , likewise bequeathed his beliefs to his offspring . At the age of twenty Jefferson was graduated from William 3 THE TREE AND ITS ...
... mind and excellent education ; his father , John J. Davis , a lawyer , legislator and ardent Jeffersonian , likewise bequeathed his beliefs to his offspring . At the age of twenty Jefferson was graduated from William 3 THE TREE AND ITS ...
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... mind refreshed , as well as for her own satisfaction , she herself constantly studied , not haphazardly but system- atically , and with an objective always in view . And she forced her children to study . But best of all , when not ...
... mind refreshed , as well as for her own satisfaction , she herself constantly studied , not haphazardly but system- atically , and with an objective always in view . And she forced her children to study . But best of all , when not ...
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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.