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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But many of these lack interest to the general reader . In making selections from the store at command the subject as well as the manner needs to be carefully considered , matters of local or temporary character losing their force and ...
But many of these lack interest to the general reader . In making selections from the store at command the subject as well as the manner needs to be carefully considered , matters of local or temporary character losing their force and ...
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It is of interest alike for its eulogy of Lincoln , and its views on the effect of emancipation and the reunion of the country . ] I knew Mr. Lincoln well . We met in the House in December , 1847 . We were together during the Thirtieth ...
It is of interest alike for its eulogy of Lincoln , and its views on the effect of emancipation and the reunion of the country . ] I knew Mr. Lincoln well . We met in the House in December , 1847 . We were together during the Thirtieth ...
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... that he was going to his alma mater to renew the most cherished associations of his young manhood , and to exchange greetings with those whose deepening interest had followed every step of his onward progress , from the day that he ...
... that he was going to his alma mater to renew the most cherished associations of his young manhood , and to exchange greetings with those whose deepening interest had followed every step of his onward progress , from the day that he ...
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There have been active party controversies , on such perennial subjects of public interest as the tariff , the greenback currency , free silver , the Philippine question , and other topics on which opinion differed ; but none of these ...
There have been active party controversies , on such perennial subjects of public interest as the tariff , the greenback currency , free silver , the Philippine question , and other topics on which opinion differed ; but none of these ...
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In the presence of this great theme all petty interests should stand rebuked . We are not dealing with the concerns of a city , a province or a state , but with the future of our race in all time to come .
In the presence of this great theme all petty interests should stand rebuked . We are not dealing with the concerns of a city , a province or a state , but with the future of our race in all time to come .
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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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