Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22 |
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Page 9240
At least , among a virtuous people like ours , there is ever a yearning for these relations , which are and ought to be as natural between a people and their government as between the children and the parent .
At least , among a virtuous people like ours , there is ever a yearning for these relations , which are and ought to be as natural between a people and their government as between the children and the parent .
Page 9242
The law classed them with the wild beasts of nature , whom it was lawful to slay . Later on in our history we find the Irish near the Pale sometimes asking to be admitted to the benefits of English law , since they were forbidden to ...
The law classed them with the wild beasts of nature , whom it was lawful to slay . Later on in our history we find the Irish near the Pale sometimes asking to be admitted to the benefits of English law , since they were forbidden to ...
Page 9249
Then was established a code framed with almost diabolical ingenuity to extinguish natural affectionto foster perfidy and hypocrisy — to petrify conscience to perpetuate brutal ignorance - to facilitate the work of tyranny - by rendering ...
Then was established a code framed with almost diabolical ingenuity to extinguish natural affectionto foster perfidy and hypocrisy — to petrify conscience to perpetuate brutal ignorance - to facilitate the work of tyranny - by rendering ...
Page 9270
I wish to speak of the House of Commons with the highest respect , and there is no doubt that , for ordinary purposes , dealing with ordinary bills , its authority is full and unquestioned to the term of its natural career ; but when it ...
I wish to speak of the House of Commons with the highest respect , and there is no doubt that , for ordinary purposes , dealing with ordinary bills , its authority is full and unquestioned to the term of its natural career ; but when it ...
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One of the characteristics of General Gordon was the extreme abnegation of his nature . It was not to be expected that he should send home a telegram to say , in great danger , therefore send me troops . ” He would probably have cut off ...
One of the characteristics of General Gordon was the extreme abnegation of his nature . It was not to be expected that he should send home a telegram to say , in great danger , therefore send me troops . ” He would probably have cut off ...
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