The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1898 - 629 pages |
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... election returns . At our request the author has included a biographi- cal sketch written by Mrs. Bryan . The name and fame of the author may induce unscrupulous pub- lishers to issue fraudulent imitations of " The First Battle . " We ...
... election returns . At our request the author has included a biographi- cal sketch written by Mrs. Bryan . The name and fame of the author may induce unscrupulous pub- lishers to issue fraudulent imitations of " The First Battle . " We ...
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... election returns and the significauer thiresh . It has also heere thoughts best to now in the silver agitar rate the part Taken by me tion prior to the Chicago Conscution , and , the Publishers , I have in request of ax The cluded a ...
... election returns and the significauer thiresh . It has also heere thoughts best to now in the silver agitar rate the part Taken by me tion prior to the Chicago Conscution , and , the Publishers , I have in request of ax The cluded a ...
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... Election Returns . LI . Reminiscences .. LII . Explanations .. LIII . The Future ... PAGE . ... 476 484 507 512 518 525 534 538 555 566 570 580 592 602 605 612 621 625 INDEX TO SPEECHES , ADDRESSES AND DOCUMENTS . PAGE . 14 TABLE OF ...
... Election Returns . LI . Reminiscences .. LII . Explanations .. LIII . The Future ... PAGE . ... 476 484 507 512 518 525 534 538 555 566 570 580 592 602 605 612 621 625 INDEX TO SPEECHES , ADDRESSES AND DOCUMENTS . PAGE . 14 TABLE OF ...
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... election to Congress his practice was in a thriving condition , and fully equal to that of any man of his age in the city . Mr. Bryan often met such demands as are commonly made upon law- yers in the way of short addresses , toasts ...
... election to Congress his practice was in a thriving condition , and fully equal to that of any man of his age in the city . Mr. Bryan often met such demands as are commonly made upon law- yers in the way of short addresses , toasts ...
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... election , so arranged his affairs . as to retire from practice , although retaining a nominal connection with the firm . In the speakership caucus with which Congress opened , Mr. Bryan supported Mr. Springer , in whose district we had ...
... election , so arranged his affairs . as to retire from practice , although retaining a nominal connection with the firm . In the speakership caucus with which Congress opened , Mr. Bryan supported Mr. Springer , in whose district we had ...
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Page 338 - him the title of the wisest of men—Solomon. He said: Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full, and deny Thee and say, who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor, and steal and take the name of my God in vain. Solomon
Page 442 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the State, and especially the right of each State, to order and control Its own domestic Institutions according to its own judgment exclusively. Is essential to that balance of power upon which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends;
Page 336 - these words: Against the insidious wiles of foreign Influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign Influence Is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 439 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellowcitizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 443 - if the policy of the Government on vital questions affecting the whole people Is to be Irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Instant they are made In ordinary litigation between parties in personal action the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of
Page 475 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to the attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith—the text of civil Instruction—the touch-stone by which to try the services of those
Page 405 - Reversing the divine rule, and calling not the sinners, but the righteous to repentance, such as invocations to Washington, imploring men to unsay what Washington said, and undo what Washington did. • » • Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us. Let
Page 442 - which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 338 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor I» the superior of capital and deserves much the
Page 440 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.