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... persons enumerated were fourteen ministers of the gospel , a fraction more than one - third of the total num- ber , and a provision was inserted that whenever a vacancy should happen by reason of the want of qualifi- cations ...
... persons enumerated were fourteen ministers of the gospel , a fraction more than one - third of the total num- ber , and a provision was inserted that whenever a vacancy should happen by reason of the want of qualifi- cations ...
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... persons concurred in his judgment that the opening of the institution ought to be deferred until a more propitious season , and some indeed went so far as to doubt the propriety of establishing it at all . The prospect was exceedingly ...
... persons concurred in his judgment that the opening of the institution ought to be deferred until a more propitious season , and some indeed went so far as to doubt the propriety of establishing it at all . The prospect was exceedingly ...
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... person , that your mind is sensible to the force of truth . and delivered from the prejudices that slanderers have ... persons of the most opposite characters that can be conceived . What prejudice you have conceived at me , God only ...
... person , that your mind is sensible to the force of truth . and delivered from the prejudices that slanderers have ... persons of the most opposite characters that can be conceived . What prejudice you have conceived at me , God only ...
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The Founding and Founders of Dickinson College (Classic Reprint) Edward W. Biddle No preview available - 2017 |
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