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Page 36 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 11 - ... content to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "they have done what they could.
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Page 602 - He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Page 196 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Page 535 - He votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but is not ambitious for office.
Page 556 - His connection with any undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to carry forward to successful completion whatever he is associated with.
Page 296 - He was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist and throughout his entire life he has carried on work along 'this line.
Page 27 - It is of a dull lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in the habit of going there to drink. The brute creation it never molests. They avoid it with the same instinct that teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya.