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It is not merely that his work is done , nor that the results of his work are apparent ; but the thing upon which he wrought , by their relation to which he and his contemporaries are to be estimated , has perished .
It is not merely that his work is done , nor that the results of his work are apparent ; but the thing upon which he wrought , by their relation to which he and his contemporaries are to be estimated , has perished .
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There was a time when almost every visitor to the city of Washington desired , above all things , to be presentes : to three men there , Clay , Webster , and Calhoun , whom to hara : seen was a distinction .
There was a time when almost every visitor to the city of Washington desired , above all things , to be presentes : to three men there , Clay , Webster , and Calhoun , whom to hara : seen was a distinction .
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He seems to have shared the feeling which then prevailed in the Western country , that to defend a prisoner at the bar is a nobler thing than to assist in defending the public against his further depredations ; and he threw all his ...
He seems to have shared the feeling which then prevailed in the Western country , that to defend a prisoner at the bar is a nobler thing than to assist in defending the public against his further depredations ; and he threw all his ...
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His wit was not of the highest quality , but he had plenty of it ; and if he said a good thing , he had such a way of saying it as gave it ten times its natural force . He chewed tobacco and took snuff , — practices which lowered ...
His wit was not of the highest quality , but he had plenty of it ; and if he said a good thing , he had such a way of saying it as gave it ten times its natural force . He chewed tobacco and took snuff , — practices which lowered ...
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“ Let us manufacture enough to be independent of foreign nations in things essential , no more . ” He discoursed on this subject in a very pleasant , humorous manner , without referring to the abstract principle involved , or employing ...
“ Let us manufacture enough to be independent of foreign nations in things essential , no more . ” He discoursed on this subject in a very pleasant , humorous manner , without referring to the abstract principle involved , or employing ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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