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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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Under Wythe , who emancipated his slaves before his death , and set apart a portion of his estate for their maintenance , he acquired a repugnance to slavery which he never lost . The Chancellor's learning and philosophy were not for ...
Under Wythe , who emancipated his slaves before his death , and set apart a portion of his estate for their maintenance , he acquired a repugnance to slavery which he never lost . The Chancellor's learning and philosophy were not for ...
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I was never known to walk abroad with a face of joy and exultation at the success of the enemy , embracing and announcing the joyous tidings to those who I supposed would transmit it to the proper place . I was never known to receive ...
I was never known to walk abroad with a face of joy and exultation at the success of the enemy , embracing and announcing the joyous tidings to those who I supposed would transmit it to the proper place . I was never known to receive ...
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It is never their interest to bring on a war ; because a war is certain to generate a host of popular heroes to outshine them and push them from their places . It may sometimes be their duty to advocate war , but it is never their ...
It is never their interest to bring on a war ; because a war is certain to generate a host of popular heroes to outshine them and push them from their places . It may sometimes be their duty to advocate war , but it is never their ...
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Mr. Clay's error , we think , arose from his not perceiving clearly that a protective tariff , though justifiable sometimes , is always in itself an evil , and is never to be accepted as the permanent policy of any country ; and that ...
Mr. Clay's error , we think , arose from his not perceiving clearly that a protective tariff , though justifiable sometimes , is always in itself an evil , and is never to be accepted as the permanent policy of any country ; and that ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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