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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I claim part of the honor , I partake in the pride , of her great names . I claim them
for ... In their day and generation they served and honored the country , and the
whole country , and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country .
I claim part of the honor , I partake in the pride , of her great names . I claim them
for ... In their day and generation they served and honored the country , and the
whole country , and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country .
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Let their last feeble and lingering glance , rather , behold the gorgeous ensign of
the republic , now known and honored throughout the earth , still full high
advanced , its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre , not a stripe
erased or ...
Let their last feeble and lingering glance , rather , behold the gorgeous ensign of
the republic , now known and honored throughout the earth , still full high
advanced , its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre , not a stripe
erased or ...
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It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us , that
from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
here gave the last full measure of devotion ; that we here highly resolve that ...
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us , that
from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
here gave the last full measure of devotion ; that we here highly resolve that ...
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142 CHARLES SUMNER his influence in the councils of the nation was great ,
the more so as his honor continued unimpeachable and his moral dignity was
elevated far above that of many of his Congressional associates . THE TRUE ...
142 CHARLES SUMNER his influence in the councils of the nation was great ,
the more so as his honor continued unimpeachable and his moral dignity was
elevated far above that of many of his Congressional associates . THE TRUE ...
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... course until he had obtained the loftiest elevation in the gift of his countrymen .
Surely , if happiness can ever come from the honors or triumphs of this world , on
that quiet July morning James A. Garfield may well have been a happy man .
... course until he had obtained the loftiest elevation in the gift of his countrymen .
Surely , if happiness can ever come from the honors or triumphs of this world , on
that quiet July morning James A. Garfield may well have been a happy man .
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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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