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Pointing to the vast rewards bestowed upon such success . ful soldiers as
Marlborough , Napoleon , and Wellington , he said , with thrilling effect : “ How
different is the fate of the statesman ! In his quiet and less brilliant career , after
having ...
Pointing to the vast rewards bestowed upon such success . ful soldiers as
Marlborough , Napoleon , and Wellington , he said , with thrilling effect : “ How
different is the fate of the statesman ! In his quiet and less brilliant career , after
having ...
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At the last conference of the joint committees , which was held on a Sunday , Mr .
Clay insisted that their report , to have the requisite effect upon Congress and the
country , must be unanimous ; and unanimous it was . Both Houses , with a ...
At the last conference of the joint committees , which was held on a Sunday , Mr .
Clay insisted that their report , to have the requisite effect upon Congress and the
country , must be unanimous ; and unanimous it was . Both Houses , with a ...
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No one who never heard this captivator of hearts can form the slightest
conception of the penetrating effect of the closing sentences , though they were
spoken only in the tone of conversation . “ The vain wish has been sometimes
indulged ...
No one who never heard this captivator of hearts can form the slightest
conception of the penetrating effect of the closing sentences , though they were
spoken only in the tone of conversation . “ The vain wish has been sometimes
indulged ...
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confronted by another body intent on misrepresenting every act and word ; to
have to stop and consider the effect of every utterance , public and private , upon
the next “ cainpaign ” ; not to be able to stir abroad without having to harangue a
...
confronted by another body intent on misrepresenting every act and word ; to
have to stop and consider the effect of every utterance , public and private , upon
the next “ cainpaign ” ; not to be able to stir abroad without having to harangue a
...
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... his strength with the masses of the people , — the dumb masses , – those who
have no eloquent orators , no leading newspapers , no brilliant pamphleteers , to
speak for them , but who assert themselves with decisive effect on election day .
... his strength with the masses of the people , — the dumb masses , – those who
have no eloquent orators , no leading newspapers , no brilliant pamphleteers , to
speak for them , but who assert themselves with decisive effect on election day .
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