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Let us never again commend any one for “ rising ” from obscurity to eminence , but reserve our special homage for those who have become respectable human beings in spite of having had every advantage procured for them by rich fathers .
Let us never again commend any one for “ rising ” from obscurity to eminence , but reserve our special homage for those who have become respectable human beings in spite of having had every advantage procured for them by rich fathers .
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Who could have foreseen that this friendless orphan , a Baptist preacher's son , in a State where to be a “ dissenter ” was social inferiority , should have found in this eminent judge a friend , a mentor , a patron , a father ?
Who could have foreseen that this friendless orphan , a Baptist preacher's son , in a State where to be a “ dissenter ” was social inferiority , should have found in this eminent judge a friend , a mentor , a patron , a father ?
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In a very few years he was the possessor of a fine estate near Lexington , and to the single slave who came to him as his share of bis father's property were added several others . His wife being a skilful and vigorous manager , he was ...
In a very few years he was the possessor of a fine estate near Lexington , and to the single slave who came to him as his share of bis father's property were added several others . His wife being a skilful and vigorous manager , he was ...
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... the father of his country , and to you , and to your illustrious associates in the field and in the cabinet , for the multiplied blessings which surround us , and for the very privilege of addressing you which I now exercise .
... the father of his country , and to you , and to your illustrious associates in the field and in the cabinet , for the multiplied blessings which surround us , and for the very privilege of addressing you which I now exercise .
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He was , perhaps , a too indulgent father ; put his children loved him most tenderly , and were guided by his opinion . It is pleasing to read in the letters of his sons to him such passages as this : “ You tell me that you wish me to ...
He was , perhaps , a too indulgent father ; put his children loved him most tenderly , and were guided by his opinion . It is pleasing to read in the letters of his sons to him such passages as this : “ You tell me that you wish me to ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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