History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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Page 95
... once , seeking through concilia- tion to blunt the powerful force of Webster's eloquence . " I said noth- ing which could be tortured into an attack on the East , " he insisted gently . Then he reviewed the historical record , showing ...
... once , seeking through concilia- tion to blunt the powerful force of Webster's eloquence . " I said noth- ing which could be tortured into an attack on the East , " he insisted gently . Then he reviewed the historical record , showing ...
Page 103
... once at the feet of Senator Douglas on a Washington street , once in the Senate chamber . Most days he lay in bed , suffering from a heart condition , so weak he could not even hold a pen . Yet his mind was as luminous as ever . Somehow ...
... once at the feet of Senator Douglas on a Washington street , once in the Senate chamber . Most days he lay in bed , suffering from a heart condition , so weak he could not even hold a pen . Yet his mind was as luminous as ever . Somehow ...
Page 245
... Once again , this " policy line " of Weld's was vastly different from that of Garrison and Phillips . Modera- tion of the type he counselled became predominant in the abolitionism prevalent in the Middle Atlantic and Midwestern States ...
... Once again , this " policy line " of Weld's was vastly different from that of Garrison and Phillips . Modera- tion of the type he counselled became predominant in the abolitionism prevalent in the Middle Atlantic and Midwestern States ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
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