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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... Equal Rights An Appeal to the Law Makers Susan B. Anthony Woman's Right to the Suffrage Mary A. Livermore The Battle of Life Frances E. Willard Safeguards for Women Belva Ann Lockwood The Political Rights of Women Anna E. Dickinson Why ...
... Equal Rights An Appeal to the Law Makers Susan B. Anthony Woman's Right to the Suffrage Mary A. Livermore The Battle of Life Frances E. Willard Safeguards for Women Belva Ann Lockwood The Political Rights of Women Anna E. Dickinson Why ...
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... equal disturbance which had its outcome in the Civil War . In both cases a con- flict of words preceded that of arms . The voice of the orator was the weapon employed , and a long con- test on the rostrum preceded the appeal to arms ...
... equal disturbance which had its outcome in the Civil War . In both cases a con- flict of words preceded that of arms . The voice of the orator was the weapon employed , and a long con- test on the rostrum preceded the appeal to arms ...
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... equals in grace of oratory and charm of manner . His speeches do not all read well . Many dull passages are met with . They lack that splendor of delivery which gave them such winning effect . Yet they present , even on the printed page ...
... equals in grace of oratory and charm of manner . His speeches do not all read well . Many dull passages are met with . They lack that splendor of delivery which gave them such winning effect . Yet they present , even on the printed page ...
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... equal veneration , were men of different aspect and character . Washington was stately , dignified , a man sufficient unto himself , commanding the respect and admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was ...
... equal veneration , were men of different aspect and character . Washington was stately , dignified , a man sufficient unto himself , commanding the respect and admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was ...
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... equal . Now we are engaged in a great civil war , testing whether that nation , or any nation so conceived and so dedi- cated , can long endure . We are met on a great battlefield of that war . We are met to dedicate a portion of it as ...
... equal . Now we are engaged in a great civil war , testing whether that nation , or any nation so conceived and so dedi- cated , can long endure . We are met on a great battlefield of that war . We are met to dedicate a portion of it as ...
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