History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... Sumner a long way , but we differ essentially in one particular . The god of my idolatry is my country . The god of his idolatry is Charles Sumner . " Many agreed with Stevens ; for what Sumner believed he advocated impetuously ...
... Sumner a long way , but we differ essentially in one particular . The god of my idolatry is my country . The god of his idolatry is Charles Sumner . " Many agreed with Stevens ; for what Sumner believed he advocated impetuously ...
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... Sumner's principal intellectual guide . Neither then nor later did Sumner deserve credit for any special origi- nality of thinking . If the speech had been delivered in a church or at a peace society meeting , it would have attracted ...
... Sumner's principal intellectual guide . Neither then nor later did Sumner deserve credit for any special origi- nality of thinking . If the speech had been delivered in a church or at a peace society meeting , it would have attracted ...
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... Sumner's attack , commented that Sumner had taken cowardly advantage of the absence of Senator Butler to attack him . But this was not the case , Douglas retorted . " I think the speech was written and practiced , and the gestures fixed ...
... Sumner's attack , commented that Sumner had taken cowardly advantage of the absence of Senator Butler to attack him . But this was not the case , Douglas retorted . " I think the speech was written and practiced , and the gestures fixed ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
Copyright | |
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