Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach . Yes , my friends , that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her ...
... object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach . Yes , my friends , that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her ...
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... deputed to Congress . " After mature deliberation , " added he , " they will devise what further measures ought to be adopted as most rational and best calculated to obtain the just and important object Life of Washington 23.
... deputed to Congress . " After mature deliberation , " added he , " they will devise what further measures ought to be adopted as most rational and best calculated to obtain the just and important object Life of Washington 23.
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... object in view . " On the following day another anonymous address was circulated , written in a more moderate tone , but to the same purport with the first , and affecting to construe the general orders into an approbation of the object ...
... object in view . " On the following day another anonymous address was circulated , written in a more moderate tone , but to the same purport with the first , and affecting to construe the general orders into an approbation of the object ...
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... object of the author was just , honorable and friendly to the country , though the means suggested by him were certainly liable to much misunderstanding and abuse . " CHAPTER THIRTY - TWO News of Peace - Letter of Washington in Behalf ...
... object of the author was just , honorable and friendly to the country , though the means suggested by him were certainly liable to much misunderstanding and abuse . " CHAPTER THIRTY - TWO News of Peace - Letter of Washington in Behalf ...
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... objects proposed by it were to preserve inviolate the rights and liberties for which they had contended ; to promote and cherish national honor and union between the States ; to maintain brotherly kindness to- ward each other , and ...
... objects proposed by it were to preserve inviolate the rights and liberties for which they had contended ; to promote and cherish national honor and union between the States ; to maintain brotherly kindness to- ward each other , and ...
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