Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesCompanion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War ... Every special interest is entitled to justice - full , fair , and complete - and , now , mind you , if there were any ...
Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War ... Every special interest is entitled to justice - full , fair , and complete - and , now , mind you , if there were any ...
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interests . These methods have put a premium on selfishness , and , naturally , the selfish big interests have gotten ... The duty of Congress is to provide a method by which the interest of the whole people shall be all that receives ...
interests . These methods have put a premium on selfishness , and , naturally , the selfish big interests have gotten ... The duty of Congress is to provide a method by which the interest of the whole people shall be all that receives ...
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The railroad man's testimony of what legislation there should be affecting railroads has been rejected , because he was a party in interest . The banker's testimony about finance has been rejected because he was a party in interest .
The railroad man's testimony of what legislation there should be affecting railroads has been rejected , because he was a party in interest . The banker's testimony about finance has been rejected because he was a party in interest .
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Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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| Title | Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century Issues |
| Author | Ernest J. Wrage |
| Editors | Ernest J. Wrage, Barnet Baskerville |
| Publisher | Harper, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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