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Stephen A. Douglas
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Title: Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
Author: Allen Johnson
Release Date: March 30, 2005 [EBook #15508]
Language: English
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS:
A STUDY IN AMERICAN POLITICS
By ALLEN JOHNSON
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE; SOMETIME PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN IOWA COLLEGE
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1908
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COPYRIGHT 1908
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published February 1908
THE MASON-HENRY PRESS SYRACUSE, N.Y.
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To
PROFESSOR JESSE MACY
whose wisdom and kindliness have inspired a generation of students
PREFACE
To describe the career of a man who is now chiefly remembered as the rival of Abraham Lincoln, must seem to many minds a superfluous, if not invidious, undertaking. The pres