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... tion on weather and currency , but the aphorisms , their sources ranging from Greek to English writers , became , by the turn of a phrase , American in vocabu- lary and implication . His profession may have pro- vided opportunity for ...
... tion on weather and currency , but the aphorisms , their sources ranging from Greek to English writers , became , by the turn of a phrase , American in vocabu- lary and implication . His profession may have pro- vided opportunity for ...
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... tion , appearing as speaker at anti- slavery conventions , once in com- pany with John Brown , whom he later publicly defended after the terrifying and bloody raid at Har- pers Ferry . ( See " Slavery in Massachusetts , " 1854 , and " A ...
... tion , appearing as speaker at anti- slavery conventions , once in com- pany with John Brown , whom he later publicly defended after the terrifying and bloody raid at Har- pers Ferry . ( See " Slavery in Massachusetts , " 1854 , and " A ...
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... tion of Bryant to that of Mark Twain and received much public attention both here and abroad . His eightieth birthday was marked by a national celebra- tion in recognition of his unique expression of the common Amer- ican life of an age ...
... tion of Bryant to that of Mark Twain and received much public attention both here and abroad . His eightieth birthday was marked by a national celebra- tion in recognition of his unique expression of the common Amer- ican life of an age ...
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