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Page 330
... senate but was defeated by a combination with senators of the opposing party . In 1863 he was appointed by President Lincoln assessor for the second internal revenue district of New Hampshire and held that office until 1870 . In the ...
... senate but was defeated by a combination with senators of the opposing party . In 1863 he was appointed by President Lincoln assessor for the second internal revenue district of New Hampshire and held that office until 1870 . In the ...
Page 338
... senate of his state ; the district attorneyship of the United States for his district ; membership of the Forty - sixth and Forty - seventh congresses ; and oft - repeated positions of trust conferred upon him by the supreme court of ...
... senate of his state ; the district attorneyship of the United States for his district ; membership of the Forty - sixth and Forty - seventh congresses ; and oft - repeated positions of trust conferred upon him by the supreme court of ...
Page 343
... Senate , of which Senator Cragin was chairman . During this period he pursued his study of law at the Columbian Law school and graduated from that institution in 1868. By reason of the friendship formed with Hon . Jacob H. Ela he came ...
... Senate , of which Senator Cragin was chairman . During this period he pursued his study of law at the Columbian Law school and graduated from that institution in 1868. By reason of the friendship formed with Hon . Jacob H. Ela he came ...
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... senator from the Concord district . A member of the nominating convention of 1860 , who had resided at the South , intro- duced a set of ultra pro - slavery resolves , which could hardly have been surpassed by a like convention in South ...
... senator from the Concord district . A member of the nominating convention of 1860 , who had resided at the South , intro- duced a set of ultra pro - slavery resolves , which could hardly have been surpassed by a like convention in South ...
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... senator , serving one term as president of that body . For three years he was one of the commissioners of Carroll county , and judge of probate two years . " He has the unique distinction of being the only citizen of the state who has ...
... senator , serving one term as president of that body . For three years he was one of the commissioners of Carroll county , and judge of probate two years . " He has the unique distinction of being the only citizen of the state who has ...
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Page 356 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 328 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Page 326 - Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion think themselves in possession of all truth and that wherever others differ from them it is so far error. Steele, a Protestant, in a Dedication, tells the Pope that the only difference between our Churches in their opinions of the certainty of their doctrines is, the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong.
Page 321 - Judicial power, as contradistinguished from the power of the laws, has no existence. Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law ; and when that is discerned it is the duty of the Court to follow it. Judicial power is never exercised for the purpose of giving effect to the will of...
Page 312 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 359 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still...
Page 319 - As a general rule, when a duty is at the proper time asked to be done, and improperly refused to be done, the right to compel it to be done is fixed, and is not destroyed by the lapse of the time within which in the first place the duty ought to have been done.
Page 363 - I have asked that dreadful question of the hills that look eternal — of the clear streams that flow forever— of the stars among whose fields of azure my raised spirit has walked in glory.
Page 316 - ... of nations, Joseph Story was destined by Providence to act, and did act, an important part. Acknowledging, as we all acknowledge, our obligations to the original sources of English law, as well as of civil liberty, we have seen in our generation copious and salutary streams turning and running backward, replenishing their original fountains, and giving a fresher and a brighter green to the fields of English jurisprudence.
Page 326 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.