Autobiography of Seventy Years, Volume 2C. Scribner's Sons, 1903 Extra-illustrated volumes with tipped-in engraved portraits and autograph letters of 19th-century American political figures. Letters are cataloged individually and can be found by a search of the book's call number. |
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... whole business . A fair election would have given us about forty electoral votes at the South , at least that many ; but we must not allow our friends to defeat one outrage by another . There must be nothing curved on our part . Let Mr ...
... whole business . A fair election would have given us about forty electoral votes at the South , at least that many ; but we must not allow our friends to defeat one outrage by another . There must be nothing curved on our part . Let Mr ...
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... whole country lis- tened eagerly to see what counsel the great Senator and the great Constitutional lawyer , and great orator , had to give to his party associates and to the people in that momentous time . But he contented himself with ...
... whole country lis- tened eagerly to see what counsel the great Senator and the great Constitutional lawyer , and great orator , had to give to his party associates and to the people in that momentous time . But he contented himself with ...
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... whole exceed- ingly praiseworthy . This was due very largely to the in- fluence of Mr. Lamar , of Mississippi , and I suppose to that of Mr. Bayard , of Delaware . But there were not wanting persons who were willing to revive the ...
... whole exceed- ingly praiseworthy . This was due very largely to the in- fluence of Mr. Lamar , of Mississippi , and I suppose to that of Mr. Bayard , of Delaware . But there were not wanting persons who were willing to revive the ...
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... whole plan with great earnestness and indigna- tion , spoke with great severity of President Hayes , and said that he hoped it would be the last time that any man in the United States would attempt to steal the Presidency . Mr ...
... whole plan with great earnestness and indigna- tion , spoke with great severity of President Hayes , and said that he hoped it would be the last time that any man in the United States would attempt to steal the Presidency . Mr ...
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... whole story during the spring session of 1881. He had an interview with Conkling , I think by his own request , and endeavored to come to some understanding with him which would ensure harmony . He told Conkling that he desired to make ...
... whole story during the spring session of 1881. He had an interview with Conkling , I think by his own request , and endeavored to come to some understanding with him which would ensure harmony . He told Conkling that he desired to make ...
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Page 360 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 260 - O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.
Page 360 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 121 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 457 - That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. The day is come when I again repose Here, under this dark sycamore, and...
Page 453 - It is time to be old, To take in sail:— The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: "No more! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.
Page 82 - Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate...
Page 86 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 287 - I charge you before God and his blessed angels that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth 1 A Humble Supplication, p. 26. by my ministry: for I am verily persuaded, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.
Page 171 - Provided, That whenever the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States shall devolve upon any of the persons named herein, if Congress be not then in session, or if it would not meet in accordance with law within twenty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties shall devolve to issue a proclamation convening Congress in extraordinary session, giving twenty daysi notice of the time of meeting.