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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Be- ware ! If things go on like they've been going on you won't be here . " In the course of the Donnybrook , the Kingfish accused some of his fellow Senators of plotting his murder in the Senate chamber ; they in turn charged him with ...
Be- ware ! If things go on like they've been going on you won't be here . " In the course of the Donnybrook , the Kingfish accused some of his fellow Senators of plotting his murder in the Senate chamber ; they in turn charged him with ...
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In retrospect we can now see that the turn of the tide came with the turn of the century . We were reaching our last frontier ; there was no more free land and our industrial combinations had become great uncontrolled and irresponsible ...
In retrospect we can now see that the turn of the tide came with the turn of the century . We were reaching our last frontier ; there was no more free land and our industrial combinations had become great uncontrolled and irresponsible ...
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I would ask no one to defend a democracy which in turn would not defend every one in the nation against want and privation . The strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the government to protect the economic well ...
I would ask no one to defend a democracy which in turn would not defend every one in the nation against want and privation . The strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the government to protect the economic well ...
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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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