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... nominated for President in 1924. To this extent for- tune has smiled - if it is good fortune to be so maltreat- ed . Against this , and representing an additional con- tribution to the truth , stands the fact that , having been " kicked ...
... nominated for President in 1924. To this extent for- tune has smiled - if it is good fortune to be so maltreat- ed . Against this , and representing an additional con- tribution to the truth , stands the fact that , having been " kicked ...
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... nomination could I support Horace Greeley . I should regard his acceptance by the Baltimore con- vention as disastrous to the Democratic party and sure to result in defeat ; and if by any chance he should be elected , I should regard ...
... nomination could I support Horace Greeley . I should regard his acceptance by the Baltimore con- vention as disastrous to the Democratic party and sure to result in defeat ; and if by any chance he should be elected , I should regard ...
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... flocked when word was flashed over the nation's wires and ether lanes that John W. Davis of West Virginia had been nominated for President of the United States . But it was not a modern industrial city in which 22 JOHN W. DAVIS.
... flocked when word was flashed over the nation's wires and ether lanes that John W. Davis of West Virginia had been nominated for President of the United States . But it was not a modern industrial city in which 22 JOHN W. DAVIS.
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... nominations were reached . Rec- ognized by the chair , he moved that the candidates be nominated by acclamation . With a yell the deed was done . The younger Davis meanwhile was wildly wav- ing his arms and shouting for recognition ...
... nominations were reached . Rec- ognized by the chair , he moved that the candidates be nominated by acclamation . With a yell the deed was done . The younger Davis meanwhile was wildly wav- ing his arms and shouting for recognition ...
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... nominations for Con- gress and the governorship were offered virtually with- out opposition . Politics remained a diversion , and he regarded himself first and last as a lawyer . Moreover , his father was aging , and he had become the ...
... nominations for Con- gress and the governorship were offered virtually with- out opposition . Politics remained a diversion , and he regarded himself first and last as a lawyer . Moreover , his father was aging , and he had become 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.
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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 their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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