Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great Epochs Or Books |
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viii CONTENTS PAGE WilliamWirt.......... ............ 69 Burr and Blennerhassett . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 70 HenryGlay...... ....... The American System . . . . ........ . . . 74 The
Horrors of Civil War . . . . . ..... . . . . 76 RobertY.Ha.yne .......... ........... 79 South
Carolina ...
viii CONTENTS PAGE WilliamWirt.......... ............ 69 Burr and Blennerhassett . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 70 HenryGlay...... ....... The American System . . . . ........ . . . 74 The
Horrors of Civil War . . . . . ..... . . . . 76 RobertY.Ha.yne .......... ........... 79 South
Carolina ...
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53o Importance of Literary Studies . . . ......... 531 Richard L. Sheil ............ . ......... 5
3 3 Irish Aliens and English Victories ........... 534 The Horrors of Civil War . . . . . . ...
.. . A 535 Thomas Babington Macaulay ............ . . . 536 Superficial Knowledge .
53o Importance of Literary Studies . . . ......... 531 Richard L. Sheil ............ . ......... 5
3 3 Irish Aliens and English Victories ........... 534 The Horrors of Civil War . . . . . . ...
.. . A 535 Thomas Babington Macaulay ............ . . . 536 Superficial Knowledge .
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What would have been known of Washington but for the struggle for American
Independence, of Napoleon but 'for the French Revolution, of Grant but for the
American Civil War? Men like these would, no doubt, have made their mark
under ...
What would have been known of Washington but for the struggle for American
Independence, of Napoleon but 'for the French Revolution, of Grant but for the
American Civil War? Men like these would, no doubt, have made their mark
under ...
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The second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome in the
Civil \Var. In both cases a conflict of words preceded that of arms. The voice of the
orator was the weapon employed, and a long c'ontest on the rostrum preceded ...
The second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome in the
Civil \Var. In both cases a conflict of words preceded that of arms. The voice of the
orator was the weapon employed, and a long c'ontest on the rostrum preceded ...
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... and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,
discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in
fraternal blood l Let their last feeble and lingering glance. rather, behold the
gorgeous ...
... and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,
discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in
fraternal blood l Let their last feeble and lingering glance. rather, behold the
gorgeous ...
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| Title | Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great ... |
| Author | Charles Morris |
| Published | 1902 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2014 |
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