History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... give me liberty , or give me death ! The effect of the speech was mesmeric . A Baptist clergyman who heard it has given what seems to be the best account : " The tendons of his neck stood out white and rigid , like whipcords . His voice ...
... give me liberty , or give me death ! The effect of the speech was mesmeric . A Baptist clergyman who heard it has given what seems to be the best account : " The tendons of his neck stood out white and rigid , like whipcords . His voice ...
Page 154
... give the substance to the other side ( the North ) . Perhaps the basic cause of the failure was that there was too little substance to give . What Webster , together with Clay , had to offer was comparable to what Hitler offered the ...
... give the substance to the other side ( the North ) . Perhaps the basic cause of the failure was that there was too little substance to give . What Webster , together with Clay , had to offer was comparable to what Hitler offered the ...
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... gives to the lamb - the kite to the dove ! Such a peace as Russia gives to Poland , or death to its victim ! A peace ... give pro- pulsive force to ideas ; and all his life Calhoun recognized the value of dramatizing the manifest urgency ...
... gives to the lamb - the kite to the dove ! Such a peace as Russia gives to Poland , or death to its victim ! A peace ... give pro- pulsive force to ideas ; and all his life Calhoun recognized the value of dramatizing the manifest urgency ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
Copyright | |
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