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... Political standards - Some comparisons - What was Burr's reputation at that time ? . . 382 CHAPTER XLI JEFFERSON PRESIDENT Crisis pending - Talk of fighting - Who decided the contest in favor of Jefferson ? -Decisive motives - Lyon ...
... Political standards - Some comparisons - What was Burr's reputation at that time ? . . 382 CHAPTER XLI JEFFERSON PRESIDENT Crisis pending - Talk of fighting - Who decided the contest in favor of Jefferson ? -Decisive motives - Lyon ...
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... POLITICAL OPINIONS Europe after the downfall of Napoleon - The Holy Alliance - How the Monroe Doctrine came to be proclaimed - Views on finance -State rights and the tariff - Other political opinions CHAPTER LI LAST DAYS AND DEATH Later ...
... POLITICAL OPINIONS Europe after the downfall of Napoleon - The Holy Alliance - How the Monroe Doctrine came to be proclaimed - Views on finance -State rights and the tariff - Other political opinions CHAPTER LI LAST DAYS AND DEATH Later ...
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... political honors were things of the past , he could turn again to the classics and forget his cares in the charms of ancient literature . French he was not able to speak with any fluency or success , but he could read it with ease . In ...
... political honors were things of the past , he could turn again to the classics and forget his cares in the charms of ancient literature . French he was not able to speak with any fluency or success , but he could read it with ease . In ...
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... , after he had been through the fiery ordeal of politics , had been beat upon by as fierce a storm of abuse and slander as ever assailed a statesman so essentially pure , so abso- lutely 22 LIFE AND TIMES OF JEFFERSON.
... , after he had been through the fiery ordeal of politics , had been beat upon by as fierce a storm of abuse and slander as ever assailed a statesman so essentially pure , so abso- lutely 22 LIFE AND TIMES OF JEFFERSON.
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... politicians of a more North- ern government say they have spoken treason . " Royal Governor Bernard wrote home to Eng- land , the date of his letter being August 15 , 1765 : " Two or three months ago I thought that this peo- ple would ...
... politicians of a more North- ern government say they have spoken treason . " Royal Governor Bernard wrote home to Eng- land , the date of his letter being August 15 , 1765 : " Two or three months ago I thought that this peo- ple would ...
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