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... Legislature ; Alfred Hebard , Third Territorial Legislature ; J. H. Bonney , Sixth Territorial Legislature ; William Thomp- son , Sixth Territorial Legislature ; Phil . P. Bradley , Seventh Territorial Legislature ; Samuel Murdock ...
... Legislature ; Alfred Hebard , Third Territorial Legislature ; J. H. Bonney , Sixth Territorial Legislature ; William Thomp- son , Sixth Territorial Legislature ; Phil . P. Bradley , Seventh Territorial Legislature ; Samuel Murdock ...
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... Legislature would go forward . Their responsibility is greater than in years gone by . The population is greater and the institutions of the State need a more watchful care . Mr. Kellogg , of Decatur county , was called for . He said ...
... Legislature would go forward . Their responsibility is greater than in years gone by . The population is greater and the institutions of the State need a more watchful care . Mr. Kellogg , of Decatur county , was called for . He said ...
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... Legislature ( 1838 ) of Iowa , and moved that he be invited to take a seat by the Speaker . The motion was carried unanimously , and Mr. Benson conducted Mr. Taylor to the Speaker's side amid the clapping of hands . Mr. Finn moved that ...
... Legislature ( 1838 ) of Iowa , and moved that he be invited to take a seat by the Speaker . The motion was carried unanimously , and Mr. Benson conducted Mr. Taylor to the Speaker's side amid the clapping of hands . Mr. Finn moved that ...
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... Legislature , and I think was equal to the average , yet we had a quarrel with the Governor because we elected officers and employes of the Legislature and paid them $ 3.00 per day , the same as we received , and he thought it was ...
... Legislature , and I think was equal to the average , yet we had a quarrel with the Governor because we elected officers and employes of the Legislature and paid them $ 3.00 per day , the same as we received , and he thought it was ...
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... legislature in 1846 , and was nominated for temporary Speaker of the House , and claimed to be the first speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives . Mr. Ramsey said we had an old member here , Rev. I. P. Teter , and would like to ...
... legislature in 1846 , and was nominated for temporary Speaker of the House , and claimed to be the first speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives . Mr. Ramsey said we had an old member here , Rev. I. P. Teter , and would like to ...
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Page 92 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 31 - The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 40 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 86 - You hear that boy laughing? You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done. The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all!
Page 18 - So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 18 - Tis less of earth than heaven.. Her every tone is music's own, Like those of morning birds, And something more than melody Dwells ever in her words; The coinage of her heart are they, And from her lips each flows As one may see the burdened bee Forth issue from the rose.
Page 46 - The glory of young men is their strength : and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Page 76 - His youth was innocent ; his riper age, Marked with some act of goodness, every day ; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm, and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Cheerful he gave his being up, and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent.
Page 76 - That life was happy ; every day he gave Thanks for the fair existence that was his; For a sick fancy made him not her slave, To mock him with her phantom miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him.
Page 63 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.