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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Onit the hand of George III . descended with crushing weight , and a stalwart
group of patriots defied the efforts of those whom they deemed their mortal
enemies . Foremost among these was Samuel Adams , who led in all the
movements ...
Onit the hand of George III . descended with crushing weight , and a stalwart
group of patriots defied the efforts of those whom they deemed their mortal
enemies . Foremost among these was Samuel Adams , who led in all the
movements ...
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... piety , hypocrisy . Countrymen ! the men who now invite you to surrender your
rights into their hands are the men who have let loose the merciless savages to
riot in the blood of their brethren , who have taught treachery to your slaves , and
...
... piety , hypocrisy . Countrymen ! the men who now invite you to surrender your
rights into their hands are the men who have let loose the merciless savages to
riot in the blood of their brethren , who have taught treachery to your slaves , and
...
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... as near as possible for finite man , the perfections of an Infinite Creator ; above
all , in cultivating those highest perfections , justice and love-- justice , which like
that of St. Louis , shall not swerve to the right hand or to the left ; love , which like
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... as near as possible for finite man , the perfections of an Infinite Creator ; above
all , in cultivating those highest perfections , justice and love-- justice , which like
that of St. Louis , shall not swerve to the right hand or to the left ; love , which like
...
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For no cause , in the very frenzy of wantonness and wickedness , by the red hand
of murder , he was thrust from the full tide of this world's interest , from its BOOK IV
. Recent Political Orators WTH the passing of James A Garfield 160 The Evil ...
For no cause , in the very frenzy of wantonness and wickedness , by the red hand
of murder , he was thrust from the full tide of this world's interest , from its BOOK IV
. Recent Political Orators WTH the passing of James A Garfield 160 The Evil ...
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Comparison of ideas is always educational , and as such instructs the brain and
hand of man . Friendly rivalry follows , which is the spur to industrial improvement
, the inspiration to useful invention and to high endeavor in all departments of ...
Comparison of ideas is always educational , and as such instructs the brain and
hand of man . Friendly rivalry follows , which is the spur to industrial improvement
, the inspiration to useful invention and to high endeavor in all departments of ...
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