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He seemed to know the especial weakness to address ; but nothing was more
potent than his appeal to the constituency of the hesitating member . “ I tell you , ”
he used to say to such as doubted , “ you can make more reputation by being an
...
He seemed to know the especial weakness to address ; but nothing was more
potent than his appeal to the constituency of the hesitating member . “ I tell you , ”
he used to say to such as doubted , “ you can make more reputation by being an
...
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Their very incongruities seemed to attract them to each other . Barton and myself
were born in the same town , and for many years his star shone unrivaled as a
consummate orator . Conrad came along from Philadelphia as a lecturer and
Whig ...
Their very incongruities seemed to attract them to each other . Barton and myself
were born in the same town , and for many years his star shone unrivaled as a
consummate orator . Conrad came along from Philadelphia as a lecturer and
Whig ...
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He seemed to have read the character , and to know the peculiarities of every
leading man in Congress and the country , and would play off many an innocent
joke upon them . I will not attempt to repeat what has been so often described .
He seemed to have read the character , and to know the peculiarities of every
leading man in Congress and the country , and would play off many an innocent
joke upon them . I will not attempt to repeat what has been so often described .
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He seemed to feel as if he had fallen into a trap . His solicitude to hear Douglas
was perhaps a sort of explanation of his course . The House was divided
CHANGES OF OPINION . 53 man . between admiration for 52 ANECDOTES OF
PUBLIC ...
He seemed to feel as if he had fallen into a trap . His solicitude to hear Douglas
was perhaps a sort of explanation of his course . The House was divided
CHANGES OF OPINION . 53 man . between admiration for 52 ANECDOTES OF
PUBLIC ...
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Maryland ; and the boldest and coarsest , Wigfall , of Texas . Breckinridge was , in
many respects , a true orator , and seemed to copy much from Clay and
Crittenden . Jefferson Davis was always a capital dialectician , not strong in
argument ...
Maryland ; and the boldest and coarsest , Wigfall , of Texas . Breckinridge was , in
many respects , a true orator , and seemed to copy much from Clay and
Crittenden . Jefferson Davis was always a capital dialectician , not strong in
argument ...
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Página 170 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Página 169 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 170 - Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attest and revere the justice and goodness of God.
Página 171 - It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Página 12 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Página 445 - With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHBOP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 169 - Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
Página 245 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volumen1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney |
| Autor | John Wien Forney |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Harper & Brothers, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 10 Dic. 2007 |
| Largo | 444 páginas |
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