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Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the death - blow of our brave !
Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the death - blow of our brave !
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The matter stands thus : I am in possession of many proofs that he was in those times employed in serving the enemy and calumniating me . All the other things which he clandestinely did , the country might possibly have been able to ...
The matter stands thus : I am in possession of many proofs that he was in those times employed in serving the enemy and calumniating me . All the other things which he clandestinely did , the country might possibly have been able to ...
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Thus , as far as I am concerned , this country stands unconquered . These , and such as these - besides many others - are the grounds which I furnished in justification of Ctesiphon's Decree in my favor .
Thus , as far as I am concerned , this country stands unconquered . These , and such as these - besides many others - are the grounds which I furnished in justification of Ctesiphon's Decree in my favor .
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He stands supreme in our history as a political leader , and left no successor . He destroyed the party of Washington , Hamilton , and Adams , and built up an organization which was dominant in the country for half a century .
He stands supreme in our history as a political leader , and left no successor . He destroyed the party of Washington , Hamilton , and Adams , and built up an organization which was dominant in the country for half a century .
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“ A house divided against itself , " he said , “ cannot stand . I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half - slave and half - free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do ...
“ A house divided against itself , " he said , “ cannot stand . I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half - slave and half - free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do ...
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