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... duty I owed to truth , I have delineated the character and achievements of John M. Clayton as they appeared to me , his cotemporary and admirer ; though not insen- sible , however , to knowledge of infirmities of nature common to most ...
... duty I owed to truth , I have delineated the character and achievements of John M. Clayton as they appeared to me , his cotemporary and admirer ; though not insen- sible , however , to knowledge of infirmities of nature common to most ...
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... duty I was under to the Society , to its inter- ests and purposes , and to candor , to look at and por- tray him just as I have done . Like other men , he had weaknesses ; but no man can point to any act , or expression , of his private ...
... duty I was under to the Society , to its inter- ests and purposes , and to candor , to look at and por- tray him just as I have done . Like other men , he had weaknesses ; but no man can point to any act , or expression , of his private ...
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... duties of life , however , pressed upon the heart of the brave man , and exacted from him that he should not give himself up to grief absolutely , but should devote himself , as he best could , to the service of those dependent upon him ...
... duties of life , however , pressed upon the heart of the brave man , and exacted from him that he should not give himself up to grief absolutely , but should devote himself , as he best could , to the service of those dependent upon him ...
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... duty and prerogative of administering justice . All his engagements for his clients were faithfully and willingly performed ; and how successfully , the records of the courts show . Their cause at once became his cause ; whatever effort ...
... duty and prerogative of administering justice . All his engagements for his clients were faithfully and willingly performed ; and how successfully , the records of the courts show . Their cause at once became his cause ; whatever effort ...
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... duty of taking in hand an opposite witness , and sifting his testimony in chief , came to him , it was a treat to see him perform his work ; and woe be unto that witness There was if he had told a falsehood , misstated 28 MEMOIR OF.
... duty of taking in hand an opposite witness , and sifting his testimony in chief , came to him , it was a treat to see him perform his work ; and woe be unto that witness There was if he had told a falsehood , misstated 28 MEMOIR OF.
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Page 198 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass between the states or governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of...
Page 196 - V.—" The contracting parties further engage that when the said canal shall have been completed they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 197 - ... should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in...
Page 198 - State through which the. proposed ship canal may pass, a contract for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object, and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations, and expended time, money, and trouble, on...
Page 199 - ... the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall be free to afford their protection to any other persons or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question.
Page 89 - Union, to that extensive tract of country which lies to the westward of the frontiers of the United States, the property of which was not vested in, or granted to, individuals at the commencement of the present war...
Page 280 - An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 224 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 199 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable...
Page 200 - IX. The ratifications of this convention shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from this day, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals.