History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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Page 101
... close the nation was by that time to Civil War : Meade : If the North generally , whose big prosperity is the result of un- restricted intercourse with the South , refuse the terms we prescribe , let us talk no more about the blessings ...
... close the nation was by that time to Civil War : Meade : If the North generally , whose big prosperity is the result of un- restricted intercourse with the South , refuse the terms we prescribe , let us talk no more about the blessings ...
Page 307
... close . We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every ...
... close . We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every ...
Page 356
... close to , but never at , his listeners . His favorite themes were the boun- ties and benefits of business- " the genius of trade making the wilder- ness a garden " -and the comfortableness of tolerance : " You see coming from the ...
... close to , but never at , his listeners . His favorite themes were the boun- ties and benefits of business- " the genius of trade making the wilder- ness a garden " -and the comfortableness of tolerance : " You see coming from the ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
Copyright | |
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