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 Books1902 |
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... admired , Clay made himself loved . His gentleness and courtesy won him an abiding place in the hearts of his countrymen . He was everywhere the favorite of the people . " Who ever , " says Parton , " heard such cheers , so hearty ...
... admired , Clay made himself loved . His gentleness and courtesy won him an abiding place in the hearts of his countrymen . He was everywhere the favorite of the people . " Who ever , " says Parton , " heard such cheers , so hearty ...
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... admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was simple and approachable , a man full of " the milk of human kindness , " one who , while he also was respected and admired , was loved as well . In truth , no ...
... admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was simple and approachable , a man full of " the milk of human kindness , " one who , while he also was respected and admired , was loved as well . In truth , no ...
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... admire and imitate the firmness of this man , his inflexible conscience for the right , and yet his gentleness , as tender as a woman's , his moderation of spirit , which not all the heat of party could inflame , nor all the jars " MARK ...
... admire and imitate the firmness of this man , his inflexible conscience for the right , and yet his gentleness , as tender as a woman's , his moderation of spirit , which not all the heat of party could inflame , nor all the jars " MARK ...
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... admired pulpit orators of the coun- try during the greater part of his career . He was more polished in style than Beecher , his language of striking simplicity yet always artistic in treatment ; a man of restrained force yet of earnest ...
... admired pulpit orators of the coun- try during the greater part of his career . He was more polished in style than Beecher , his language of striking simplicity yet always artistic in treatment ; a man of restrained force yet of earnest ...
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... admired speaker on such an occasion is he who has the art of illuminating his moral with words of mirth , and is best capable of sharpening with wit or mellowing with humor the points of serious intent which he may desire to make . In ...
... admired speaker on such an occasion is he who has the art of illuminating his moral with words of mirth , and is best capable of sharpening with wit or mellowing with humor the points of serious intent which he may desire to make . In ...
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