Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22 |
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Page 9207
He studied law in Ontario , but did not engage in the practice of the profession .
During a number of years he was engaged in journalism in Hamilton and
subsequently in Montreal , and he was one of the most brilliant writers and
platform ...
He studied law in Ontario , but did not engage in the practice of the profession .
During a number of years he was engaged in journalism in Hamilton and
subsequently in Montreal , and he was one of the most brilliant writers and
platform ...
Page 9219
Sir John A. Macdonald , at the time he entered public life , had probably the
largest practice of any solicitor in Ontario , with prospects before him which could
not have failed to amass for him great riches and to have made him to LIBERAL ...
Sir John A. Macdonald , at the time he entered public life , had probably the
largest practice of any solicitor in Ontario , with prospects before him which could
not have failed to amass for him great riches and to have made him to LIBERAL ...
Page 9220
The truth is , sir , that the charges of political vice , of official corruption , were
made by the Clear Grits in order to conceal their own practices as a party . During
the last session of Parliament we had one rather remarkable case brought
forward ...
The truth is , sir , that the charges of political vice , of official corruption , were
made by the Clear Grits in order to conceal their own practices as a party . During
the last session of Parliament we had one rather remarkable case brought
forward ...
Page 9235
Yet the Crown in the face of this fact - and in a case where they knew that at least
the accused had no like power of peremptory challenge - did not venture to meet
me on equal footing ; did not venture to abstain from their practice of absolute ...
Yet the Crown in the face of this fact - and in a case where they knew that at least
the accused had no like power of peremptory challenge - did not venture to meet
me on equal footing ; did not venture to abstain from their practice of absolute ...
Page 9237
... in the spirit of the constitution . I care not how the Crown practice may be within
the technical letter of the law ; it violates the intent and meaning of the constitution
, and it is not “ trial by jury . ” Let us suppose the scene removed , say to France ...
... in the spirit of the constitution . I care not how the Crown practice may be within
the technical letter of the law ; it violates the intent and meaning of the constitution
, and it is not “ trial by jury . ” Let us suppose the scene removed , say to France ...
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