Chicago: Its History and Its Builders ...S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918 |
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... thousand dollars . But the plank roadways were short - lived , and the street paving problem soon came to be a leading public issue . Intimately associated with the paving problem was that of the raising of the grades of the streets ...
... thousand dollars . But the plank roadways were short - lived , and the street paving problem soon came to be a leading public issue . Intimately associated with the paving problem was that of the raising of the grades of the streets ...
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... thousand dollars ; last year [ 1852 ] the same house sold goods to the amount of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars . Drug stores , whose sales eight years ago were from five to six thousand dollars , now do a business of from ...
... thousand dollars ; last year [ 1852 ] the same house sold goods to the amount of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars . Drug stores , whose sales eight years ago were from five to six thousand dollars , now do a business of from ...
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... thousand miles of track , and the total earnings of the railroads amounted to eighteen and a half millions of dollars . During that same eventful year the number of bushels of wheat received was twelve and a half millions , of corn ...
... thousand miles of track , and the total earnings of the railroads amounted to eighteen and a half millions of dollars . During that same eventful year the number of bushels of wheat received was twelve and a half millions , of corn ...
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... thousand votes . Lincoln was not discouraged by the result . At a Republican ... dollars . In the lower court the case was decided in favor of the railroad ... thousand dollars more . The official to whom he was referred ...
... thousand votes . Lincoln was not discouraged by the result . At a Republican ... dollars . In the lower court the case was decided in favor of the railroad ... thousand dollars more . The official to whom he was referred ...
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... dollars for me towards discharging the debt of the Committee , I will allow it when you and I settle the private ... thousand dollars per year . Arnold says " he was not then worth over ten or fifteen thousand dollars altogether ...
... dollars for me towards discharging the debt of the Committee , I will allow it when you and I settle the private ... thousand dollars per year . Arnold says " he was not then worth over ten or fifteen thousand dollars altogether ...
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الصفحة 150 - If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
الصفحة 150 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
الصفحة 71 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation ; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the National Territories, and to overrun us here in these Free States? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.
الصفحة 161 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
الصفحة 52 - There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.
الصفحة 65 - There are only two sides to the question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war ; only patriots — or traitors.
الصفحة 101 - Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the convention, to the rights of all the states and territories and people of the nation, to the inviolability of the Constitution and the perpetual union, harmony and prosperity of all, I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the convention.
الصفحة 143 - No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the graves of our dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue; Tears and love for the Gray.
الصفحة 363 - Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!
الصفحة 52 - From 1849 to 1854, both inclusive, practiced law more assiduously than ever before. Always a Whig in politics; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets, making active canvasses. I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.