Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... occasion for posterity to say , when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to mankind - ' Had this day been wanting , the world had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining ...
... occasion for posterity to say , when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to mankind - ' Had this day been wanting , the world had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining ...
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... occasions he has been supported by the exertions of an army and the countenance of his friends ; but on this he stood sin- gle and alone . There was no saying where the passions of an army which were not a little inflamed might lead ...
... occasions he has been supported by the exertions of an army and the countenance of his friends ; but on this he stood sin- gle and alone . There was no saying where the passions of an army which were not a little inflamed might lead ...
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... occasion , with pride and exultation , to be im- proved with the same military ardor and emulation in the hands of posterity , as they have been used by their fore- fathers in the present establishment and foundation of our national ...
... occasion , with pride and exultation , to be im- proved with the same military ardor and emulation in the hands of posterity , as they have been used by their fore- fathers in the present establishment and foundation of our national ...
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... occasions , to be useful to his country , and who , even in the shade of retirement , will not fail to implore the Divine benediction on it . " I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you , and the State over which you ...
... occasions , to be useful to his country , and who , even in the shade of retirement , will not fail to implore the Divine benediction on it . " I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you , and the State over which you ...
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... occasion to cite , observes , on the conduct of the troops , " The advice of their beloved commander - in - chief , and the resolves of Congress to pay and compensate them in such manner as the ability of the United States would permit ...
... occasion to cite , observes , on the conduct of the troops , " The advice of their beloved commander - in - chief , and the resolves of Congress to pay and compensate them in such manner as the ability of the United States would permit ...
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