The Life and Public Services of Justin Smith Morrill |
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... hope you will commence your suit at once so as to have the matter tested as to whether you have an exclusive right , or whether my father paid his part of the expenses of building the dam and had the use of the water all of his lifetime ...
... hope you will commence your suit at once so as to have the matter tested as to whether you have an exclusive right , or whether my father paid his part of the expenses of building the dam and had the use of the water all of his lifetime ...
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... hope I shall be back on Satur- day night , but there will be so many contested seats and other contested and more knotty questions that I despair of our con- vention being able to despatch business in less than a few days . My position ...
... hope I shall be back on Satur- day night , but there will be so many contested seats and other contested and more knotty questions that I despair of our con- vention being able to despatch business in less than a few days . My position ...
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... hope of accommodation ; it crystallized the anti - slavery sentiment of the North ; it inflamed the struggle in Kansas , which in turn set the Free - Soil enthusiasm ablaze and forged the weapons for the Republican Party which was about ...
... hope of accommodation ; it crystallized the anti - slavery sentiment of the North ; it inflamed the struggle in Kansas , which in turn set the Free - Soil enthusiasm ablaze and forged the weapons for the Republican Party which was about ...
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... hope to have you of our " Mess " at Mrs. Curtis's on Cap- itol Hill during the session . The terms for a gentleman alone will be from twelve to sixteen dollars per week according to the size of the room . At the hotels the terms are ...
... hope to have you of our " Mess " at Mrs. Curtis's on Cap- itol Hill during the session . The terms for a gentleman alone will be from twelve to sixteen dollars per week according to the size of the room . At the hotels the terms are ...
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... hope not . " The speakership contest , already described on an earlier page in Morrill's own words , was the first struggle in which he took part . The issue was from the first tacitly and soon avowedly a sectional one , and there was ...
... hope not . " The speakership contest , already described on an earlier page in Morrill's own words , was the first struggle in which he took part . The issue was from the first tacitly and soon avowedly a sectional one , and there was ...
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Popular passages
Page 35 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 141 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 80 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 19 - The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 141 - ... restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride : at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 271 - It is proposed to establish at least one college in every state, upon a sure and perpetual foundation, accessible to all, but especially to the sons of toil, where all the needful sciences for the practical avocations of life shall be taught; where neither the higher graces of classical studies, nor the military drill our country now so greatly appreciates, will be entirely ignored...
Page 36 - But if an American were condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence; he would feel an immense void in the life which he is accustomed to lead, and his wretchedness would be unbearable.
Page 80 - That the Committee on Agriculture be requested to inquire into the expediency of establishing one or more national agricultural schools upon the basis of the naval and military schools, in order that one scholar from each congressional district and two from each State at large may receive a scientific and practical education at the public expense.
Page 43 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Page 87 - ... in the Constitution, and can, therefore, claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.