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... once wrote that the whole of man's duty is sum- med up in two Commandments given by a great Teach- er : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , with all thy soul , with all thy mind , and with all thy strength ; " and ...
... once wrote that the whole of man's duty is sum- med up in two Commandments given by a great Teach- er : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , with all thy soul , with all thy mind , and with all thy strength ; " and ...
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... once publicly whipped one of his father's political adversaries ; and again , during the trial of a case in court , punched one of the elder Davis ' legal antagonists on the point of the jaw . In each instance the attack was in ...
... once publicly whipped one of his father's political adversaries ; and again , during the trial of a case in court , punched one of the elder Davis ' legal antagonists on the point of the jaw . In each instance the attack was in ...
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... once more when 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 ...
... once more when 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 ...
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... once called at the White House to express unofficially to President Wil- son his own hope and that of associates on the bench that Davis might be appointed to an existing vacancy . On another occasion he remarked facetiously that " the ...
... once called at the White House to express unofficially to President Wil- son his own hope and that of associates on the bench that Davis might be appointed to an existing vacancy . On another occasion he remarked facetiously that " the ...
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... once for America . This was about 1793. He looked around in New York and Philadelphia and then took up the trade of carpentry in Washington . One of his jobs was to build the steps to the rotunda of the old Capitol - the one which ...
... once for America . This was about 1793. He looked around in New York and Philadelphia and then took up the trade of carpentry in Washington . One of his jobs was to build the steps to the rotunda of the old Capitol - the one which ...
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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.