Speeches delivered on various public occasionsLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... Gentlemen , I am a farmer , on the sea - shore , and have , of course , occasion to employ some degree of agricultural labor . I am sometimes also rowed out to sea , being , like other New England men , fond of occasionally catching a ...
... Gentlemen , I am a farmer , on the sea - shore , and have , of course , occasion to employ some degree of agricultural labor . I am sometimes also rowed out to sea , being , like other New England men , fond of occasionally catching a ...
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... Gentlemen , as merchants , what confidence can you place in such an administration ? Do you see any thing that they are disposed to do to restore the times you once enjoyed ? ( Loud cries of " No ! " " No ! " ) I perceive that your ...
... Gentlemen , as merchants , what confidence can you place in such an administration ? Do you see any thing that they are disposed to do to restore the times you once enjoyed ? ( Loud cries of " No ! " " No ! " ) I perceive that your ...
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... Gentlemen came to me to ask about the Massa- chusetts bonds . They liked the offer of five per cent . interest very much , as this was high for an English capitalist ; but they wanted to know what assurance I could give that the invest ...
... Gentlemen came to me to ask about the Massa- chusetts bonds . They liked the offer of five per cent . interest very much , as this was high for an English capitalist ; but they wanted to know what assurance I could give that the invest ...
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... Gentlemen , a distinguished lover of liberty of our own time , in another hemisphere , said , with apparent paradox , that the quantity of liberty in any country is exactly equal to the quan- tity of restraint ; because , if government ...
... Gentlemen , a distinguished lover of liberty of our own time , in another hemisphere , said , with apparent paradox , that the quantity of liberty in any country is exactly equal to the quan- tity of restraint ; because , if government ...
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... GENTLEMEN , —I have received your letter of the 8th instant , inviting me to a public dinner , and am duly sensible of the value of this proof of your regard . It will give me great pleasure to meet all my fellow - citizens , who may ...
... GENTLEMEN , —I have received your letter of the 8th instant , inviting me to a public dinner , and am duly sensible of the value of this proof of your regard . It will give me great pleasure to meet all my fellow - citizens , who may ...
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