Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... equal confidence six years ago , and has been entertained by us , with the same earnestness of con- viction , more than twenty years gone by . It is preposterous to be rip- ping up any man's life for thirty or forty years , to discover ...
... equal confidence six years ago , and has been entertained by us , with the same earnestness of con- viction , more than twenty years gone by . It is preposterous to be rip- ping up any man's life for thirty or forty years , to discover ...
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... equal field , whatever the proudest or the bravest of the enemy could bring against it . I knew the character of its officers , and the spirit of its seamen ; and I knew that , in their hands , though the flag of the country might go ...
... equal field , whatever the proudest or the bravest of the enemy could bring against it . I knew the character of its officers , and the spirit of its seamen ; and I knew that , in their hands , though the flag of the country might go ...
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... equal to the demands of the largest vessels of war , and whose branches , uniting here , from great distances above , traverse , in their course , extensive tracts , now covered with valuable productions of the forest , and capa- ble ...
... equal to the demands of the largest vessels of war , and whose branches , uniting here , from great distances above , traverse , in their course , extensive tracts , now covered with valuable productions of the forest , and capa- ble ...
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... equal . In my opinion , no man , in any corner of any one of those States , can stand up and declare , that he is less prosperous , or less happy , than if the General Govern- ment had never existed . And entertaining these sentiments ...
... equal . In my opinion , no man , in any corner of any one of those States , can stand up and declare , that he is less prosperous , or less happy , than if the General Govern- ment had never existed . And entertaining these sentiments ...
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... equal patriot- ism and equal zeal have yet made them equally deserving . It were invidious to enumerate these fellow - laborers , or to discriminate among them . Long may they live ! and I could hardly express a better wish for the ...
... equal patriot- ism and equal zeal have yet made them equally deserving . It were invidious to enumerate these fellow - laborers , or to discriminate among them . Long may they live ! and I could hardly express a better wish for the ...
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