The Works of Daniel Webster, Том 2Little, Brown, 1869 |
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... sentiment on some impor- tant questions of public policy has begun , and is in progress , it is vain to attempt to conceal , and folly to deny . What will be the extent of this revolution , what its immediate effects upon political men ...
... sentiment on some impor- tant questions of public policy has begun , and is in progress , it is vain to attempt to conceal , and folly to deny . What will be the extent of this revolution , what its immediate effects upon political men ...
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... sentiment now in progress . Will this revolution succeed ? Does it move the masses , or is it an ebullition merely on the surface ? And who is it that opposes the change which seems to be going for- ward ? [ Here some one in the crowd ...
... sentiment now in progress . Will this revolution succeed ? Does it move the masses , or is it an ebullition merely on the surface ? And who is it that opposes the change which seems to be going for- ward ? [ Here some one in the crowd ...
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... sentiment to the policy of the pres- ent administration , WHY IS IT NECESSARY that these extraordi- nary efforts should be put forth to turn that administration ou of power , and to put better men in their places ? We inhabit a free ...
... sentiment to the policy of the pres- ent administration , WHY IS IT NECESSARY that these extraordi- nary efforts should be put forth to turn that administration ou of power , and to put better men in their places ? We inhabit a free ...
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... sentiment in regard to slavery , and to the absence of all power in Congress to interfere , in any manner whatever , with that subject . I shall ask some friend connected with the press to circulate in Virginia what I said on this ...
... sentiment in regard to slavery , and to the absence of all power in Congress to interfere , in any manner whatever , with that subject . I shall ask some friend connected with the press to circulate in Virginia what I said on this ...
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... sentiment , which I consider as the very essence of false morality , which declares that " all is fair in politics . " If a man speaks falsely or calumniously of his neighbor , and is re- proached for the offence , the ready excuse is ...
... sentiment , which I consider as the very essence of false morality , which declares that " all is fair in politics . " If a man speaks falsely or calumniously of his neighbor , and is re- proached for the offence , the ready excuse is ...
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