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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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 ...
Page 117
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation , sustained , enlightened ,
and decorated by the intellect of man . The truest tokens of this grandeur in a
state are the diffusion of the greatest happiness among the greatest number , and
that ...
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation , sustained , enlightened ,
and decorated by the intellect of man . The truest tokens of this grandeur in a
state are the diffusion of the greatest happiness among the greatest number , and
that ...
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... from his seat in the Senate and on the lecture platform earnestly advocated the
rights of the “ under dog " in this Asiatic fight . Hoar has long been acknowledged
as a man of fine statesmanship and of unimpeachable integrity , his high moral ...
... from his seat in the Senate and on the lecture platform earnestly advocated the
rights of the “ under dog " in this Asiatic fight . Hoar has long been acknowledged
as a man of fine statesmanship and of unimpeachable integrity , his high moral ...
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All the signs are signs of life ; of expanding material , moral and spiritual power .
This Empire will go forward , becoming greater in power and a still greater
blessing to mankind . hi BESSE sty , CAMPAIGN ORATORY William J. Bryan
making.
All the signs are signs of life ; of expanding material , moral and spiritual power .
This Empire will go forward , becoming greater in power and a still greater
blessing to mankind . hi BESSE sty , CAMPAIGN ORATORY William J. Bryan
making.
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The moral force and the trained oratory remain , and with these is associated a
living interest in the subject which does not always inhere in that of the printed
sermon . THEODORE PARKER ( 1810-1860 ) THE FERVENT ORATOR OF ...
The moral force and the trained oratory remain , and with these is associated a
living interest in the subject which does not always inhere in that of the printed
sermon . THEODORE PARKER ( 1810-1860 ) THE FERVENT ORATOR OF ...
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