The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
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Page 18
... leaving only their remembrance behind , as of a vision briefly but dis- tinctly seen and then lost for ever - it may not be doubted that they would nevertheless be held in perpetual memory for excel- lent wisdom and unsurpassed ...
... leaving only their remembrance behind , as of a vision briefly but dis- tinctly seen and then lost for ever - it may not be doubted that they would nevertheless be held in perpetual memory for excel- lent wisdom and unsurpassed ...
Page 20
... leave the other agencies free and strong . Congress has never committed , and is not like to commit , the great crime of princes — the consumption of the public wealth of future genera- tions . On the contrary , we have seen the ...
... leave the other agencies free and strong . Congress has never committed , and is not like to commit , the great crime of princes — the consumption of the public wealth of future genera- tions . On the contrary , we have seen the ...
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... leaving his newly - married wife and all the pleasures and honors of the French capital , to embark , at such a time , in a cause so distant and so desperate . Had he resigned nothing but the dignified ease and repose 28 ORATIONS AND ...
... leaving his newly - married wife and all the pleasures and honors of the French capital , to embark , at such a time , in a cause so distant and so desperate . Had he resigned nothing but the dignified ease and repose 28 ORATIONS AND ...
Page 29
... the republican chiefs . He declined the tender of a commission as major - general with its emoluments ; and stipulated , on the contrary , for leave to serve without reward , and even without a command , until LAFAYETTE . 29.
... the republican chiefs . He declined the tender of a commission as major - general with its emoluments ; and stipulated , on the contrary , for leave to serve without reward , and even without a command , until LAFAYETTE . 29.
Page 32
... leave of his companions in arms , and their great chief , and returning to his native land , to resume there the duties he owed as a subject and member of the state in France . An earnest invitation from Washington and his associates ...
... leave of his companions in arms , and their great chief , and returning to his native land , to resume there the duties he owed as a subject and member of the state in France . An earnest invitation from Washington and his associates ...
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