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Page 573 - Washington; was a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in...
Page 685 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time — Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing may take heart again.
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Page 509 - Had your inclination," says Washington, in his letter to colonel Howard," and private pursuits permitted you to take the office that was offered to you, it would have been a very pleasing circumstance to me, and, I am persuaded, as I observed to you on a former occasion, a very acceptable one to the public. But the reasons which you have assigned for not doing so, carry conviction along with them, and must, however reluctantly, be submitted to.
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Page 710 - Honorable in every relation of life, and of unblemished reputation, he commands the respect and confidence of all who know him. It is unnecessary to say that as a physician he is held in the highest estimation by his fellow-citizens.
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| Title | Baltimore: Biography Volume 3 of Baltimore: Its History and Its People, Clayton Colman Hall |
| Editor | Clayton Colman Hall |
| Contributor | Lewis Historical Publishing Co |
| Publisher | Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 11, 2006 |
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