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... desire for the Presidency . He was the head and choice of a great political party ; in the principles of that party he fully believed ; and we think he did truly desire an election to the Presidency more from conviction than ambition ...
... desire for the Presidency . He was the head and choice of a great political party ; in the principles of that party he fully believed ; and we think he did truly desire an election to the Presidency more from conviction than ambition ...
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... desire for the Presidency diminished as his chances of reaching it diminished . That desire had never been morbid , it now became exceedingly moderate ; nor do we believe that , after his crushing defeat of 1832 , he ever had much expec ...
... desire for the Presidency diminished as his chances of reaching it diminished . That desire had never been morbid , it now became exceedingly moderate ; nor do we believe that , after his crushing defeat of 1832 , he ever had much expec ...
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... desire of the Presidency became at last an infuriate lust after it , which his natural sincerity compelled him to reveal even while wrathfully denying it . He considered that he had been defrauded of the prize , and he had some reason ...
... desire of the Presidency became at last an infuriate lust after it , which his natural sincerity compelled him to reveal even while wrathfully denying it . He considered that he had been defrauded of the prize , and he had some reason ...
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... desires and tastes were constantly strengthened by being keenly gratified , while his mind was fed chiefly upon past ac- quisitions . There is nothing in his later efforts which shows any intellectual advance , nothing from which we can ...
... desires and tastes were constantly strengthened by being keenly gratified , while his mind was fed chiefly upon past ac- quisitions . There is nothing in his later efforts which shows any intellectual advance , nothing from which we can ...
Сторінка 103
... , but it was when his heart was set upon ho mage of another kind , which he was destined never to enjoy . Another powerful cause of his deterioration was the strange , - strong , always increasing desire he had to be DANIEL WEBSTER . 103.
... , but it was when his heart was set upon ho mage of another kind , which he was destined never to enjoy . Another powerful cause of his deterioration was the strange , - strong , always increasing desire he had to be DANIEL WEBSTER . 103.
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