History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... course of events during one of the most crucial generations of American history . Benton's life commenced in failure . He was born in 1782 , and six years later his father died . In due course he entered the University of North Carolina ...
... course of events during one of the most crucial generations of American history . Benton's life commenced in failure . He was born in 1782 , and six years later his father died . In due course he entered the University of North Carolina ...
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... course of action . He said Monroe had taken the right course in returning promptly to Spain the forts Jackson had seized . Then he asked how the republics of former years had lost their liberties . " If a Roman citizen had been asked ...
... course of action . He said Monroe had taken the right course in returning promptly to Spain the forts Jackson had seized . Then he asked how the republics of former years had lost their liberties . " If a Roman citizen had been asked ...
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... course , is credited with the greater statesmanship , for under his presidency the Union was preserved and the slaves were freed . But this was an achievement of the statesman , not of the orator ; for after his inauguration Lincoln ...
... course , is credited with the greater statesmanship , for under his presidency the Union was preserved and the slaves were freed . But this was an achievement of the statesman , not of the orator ; for after his inauguration Lincoln ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
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