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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... the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in
this way that we can hope to arrive at the truth , and fulfil the great responsibility
which we hold to God and our country . Should I keep back my opinions at such ...
... the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in
this way that we can hope to arrive at the truth , and fulfil the great responsibility
which we hold to God and our country . Should I keep back my opinions at such ...
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He took an active part in the debates on the Constitution , and afterwards in the
Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the
vehement oratory of Patrick Ilenry and the persuasive eloquence of George
Mason ; yet ...
He took an active part in the debates on the Constitution , and afterwards in the
Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the
vehement oratory of Patrick Ilenry and the persuasive eloquence of George
Mason ; yet ...
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... problems , the tariff question and the slavery controversy . The first of these led
to the attempted secession from the Union of South Carolina . Its most notable
result , so far as oratory is concerned , was the famous Congressional debate ...
... problems , the tariff question and the slavery controversy . The first of these led
to the attempted secession from the Union of South Carolina . Its most notable
result , so far as oratory is concerned , was the famous Congressional debate ...
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His rapid progress was due to his fine native powers of oratory , his skill in debate
, and his controlling influence in political measures . Endowed by nature with a
voice of wonderful compass and rich harmony , fluent in delivery 74 HENRY ...
His rapid progress was due to his fine native powers of oratory , his skill in debate
, and his controlling influence in political measures . Endowed by nature with a
voice of wonderful compass and rich harmony , fluent in delivery 74 HENRY ...
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This resolution was debated by Hayne in two able speeches , both of which were
answered by Webster . In these speeches the subject broadened far beyond the
original topic , bringing in the question of the stability of the Union .
This resolution was debated by Hayne in two able speeches , both of which were
answered by Webster . In these speeches the subject broadened far beyond the
original topic , bringing in the question of the stability of the Union .
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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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