Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective
by Adlai E. Stevenson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914
- Credits
- E-text prepared by an anonymous volunteer
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)
- Subject
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 19745
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19745
- Release Date
- November 9, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN
- 2.FOREWORD
- 3.CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN — I ON THE CIRCUIT — II IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — III AGAIN IN CONGRESS — IV THE VICE-PRESIDENCY — V THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES — VI A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN — VII STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS — VIII THE FIRST POLITICAL TELEGRAM — IX ALONG THE BYPATHS OF HISTORY — X THE CODE OF HONOR — XI A PRINCELY GIFT — XII THE OLD RANGER — XIII THE MORMON EXODUS FROM ILLINOIS — XIV A KENTUCKY COLONEL — XV FORGOTTEN EVENTS OF THE LONG AGO — XVI ROBERT G. INGERSOLL — XVII A CAMP-MEETING ORATOR — XVIII CLEVELAND AS I KNEW HIM — XIX A UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR SPEAKER — XX A LAWYER OF THE OLD SCHOOL — XXI HIGH DEBATE IN THE MOUNTAINS — XXII THE SAGE OF THE BAR — XXIII "THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI" — XXIV AN OLD-TIME COUNTRY DOCTOR — XXV A QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY — XXVI A STATESMAN OF A PAST ERA — XXVII NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL — XXVIII AMONG THE ACTORS — XXIX THE LOST ART OF ORATORY — XXX THE COLONELS — XXXI REMINISCENCES — XXXII A TRIBUTE TO IRELAND* — XXXIII THE BLIND CHAPLAIN — XXXIV A MEMORABLE CENTENNIAL — XXXV COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN CENTRAL PARK — XXXVI A PLATFORM NOT DANGEROUS TO STAND UPON — XXXVII ANECDOTES OF GOVERNOR OGLESBY — XXXVIII THE ONE ENEMY — XXXIX CONTRASTS OF TIMES — XL ENDORSING THE ADMINISTRATION — XLI ANECDOTES ABOUT LINCOLN — XLII THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA — XLIII A NEW DAY ADDED TO THE CALENDAR — XLIV A MOUNTAIN COLLEGE — XLV DEDICATION OF A NATIONAL PARK — XLVI A BAR MEETING STILL IN SESSION — XLVII THE HAYNE-WEBSTER DEBATE RECALLED — XLVIII IN THE HIGHLANDS — XLIX ANECDOTES OF LAWYERS — L OUR NOBLE CALLING — LI THE "HOME-COMING" AT BLOOMINGTON
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