History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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Page 388
... heard the most remarkable sermon I ever heard in my life ( I use the word in no American sense ) from Mr. Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal clergyman here : equal to the best of Frederick Robertson's sermons , with a vigor and force of ...
... heard the most remarkable sermon I ever heard in my life ( I use the word in no American sense ) from Mr. Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal clergyman here : equal to the best of Frederick Robertson's sermons , with a vigor and force of ...
Page 488
... heard " the exquisite beauty of Bourke Cockran's speech . " It trans- fused his mood from dejection to exultation : He listened , enraptured , to a type of oratory he had never before heard , diction , a phrasing , an elegance , a ...
... heard " the exquisite beauty of Bourke Cockran's speech . " It trans- fused his mood from dejection to exultation : He listened , enraptured , to a type of oratory he had never before heard , diction , a phrasing , an elegance , a ...
Page 505
... heard and obeyed , that Jackson heard and obeyed , that Monroe heard and obeyed , that Seward heard and obeyed , that Ulysses S. Grant heard and obeyed , that Benjamin Harrison heard and obeyed , William McKinley plants the flag over ...
... heard and obeyed , that Jackson heard and obeyed , that Monroe heard and obeyed , that Seward heard and obeyed , that Ulysses S. Grant heard and obeyed , that Benjamin Harrison heard and obeyed , William McKinley plants the flag over ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
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