Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 465
... republic , as it originally came from the hands of its framers , and that it has been changed into a great national consolidated democ- racy . It has , indeed , at present , all the characteristics of the latter , and not one of the ...
... republic , as it originally came from the hands of its framers , and that it has been changed into a great national consolidated democ- racy . It has , indeed , at present , all the characteristics of the latter , and not one of the ...
Page 466
... republic , is now converted , in reality , into one as absolute as that of the Autocrat of Russia , and as despotic in its tendency as any absolute government that ever existed . As , then , the North has the absolute control over the ...
... republic , is now converted , in reality , into one as absolute as that of the Autocrat of Russia , and as despotic in its tendency as any absolute government that ever existed . As , then , the North has the absolute control over the ...
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... republic ; by some recently regenerated government of pure philanthropy and uncor- rupted virtue ; I suppose , by some nation which , in the excess of popular freedom , considers even a representative system as defective , unless each ...
... republic ; by some recently regenerated government of pure philanthropy and uncor- rupted virtue ; I suppose , by some nation which , in the excess of popular freedom , considers even a representative system as defective , unless each ...
Page 501
... republic I do indeed find ; and I find it enlisted , and ( God be thanked ! ) enlisted alone , under the banner of the despot . But where was the blow struck ? Where ? Alas for theory ! In the wilds of despotic Russia . It was followed ...
... republic I do indeed find ; and I find it enlisted , and ( God be thanked ! ) enlisted alone , under the banner of the despot . But where was the blow struck ? Where ? Alas for theory ! In the wilds of despotic Russia . It was followed ...
Page 512
... republic . Their internecine troubles were greater , their crimes more multiplied . The pride of repub- licanism , the heroism , and the masculine virtues were replaced by the most ridiculous vanity , the vilest adulation , the boldest ...
... republic . Their internecine troubles were greater , their crimes more multiplied . The pride of repub- licanism , the heroism , and the masculine virtues were replaced by the most ridiculous vanity , the vilest adulation , the boldest ...
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