The American IdealLongmans, Green and Company, 1936 - 275 Seiten |
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... politicians , with his knees drawn up to his chin , drinking and telling tall stories , especially when a friend had brought a fiddle . For all the lines on his face , he was a companionable soul and , as such , a born politician . He ...
... politicians , with his knees drawn up to his chin , drinking and telling tall stories , especially when a friend had brought a fiddle . For all the lines on his face , he was a companionable soul and , as such , a born politician . He ...
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... politicians had begun to speak openly of their right to secede and to form a new Union of States , dedicated to the proposition that slavery was in accordance with divine law . Meanwhile the bitterness between North and South grew worse ...
... politicians had begun to speak openly of their right to secede and to form a new Union of States , dedicated to the proposition that slavery was in accordance with divine law . Meanwhile the bitterness between North and South grew worse ...
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... politicians of the North gave the signal for an orgy of plunder and vengeance . The South was treated like a conquered country overrun by barbarians , and handed over to the rule of negroes , poor whites and carpet - bag politicians ...
... politicians of the North gave the signal for an orgy of plunder and vengeance . The South was treated like a conquered country overrun by barbarians , and handed over to the rule of negroes , poor whites and carpet - bag politicians ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 46 |
EMERSON AND WHITMAN | 106 |
Urheberrecht | |
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