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 different men often see the same subject in different lights ; and , therefore , I
hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen , if , entertaining as I
do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my ...
But different men often see the same subject in different lights ; and , therefore , I
hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen , if , entertaining as I
do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my ...
Page 41
There are a number of opinions ; but the principal question is , whether it be a
federal or a consolidated government . In order to judge properly of the question
before us , we must consider it minutely , in its principal parts . I myself conceive
that ...
There are a number of opinions ; but the principal question is , whether it be a
federal or a consolidated government . In order to judge properly of the question
before us , we must consider it minutely , in its principal parts . I myself conceive
that ...
Page 57
Sir , I questioned no man's opinions ; I impeached no man's motives ; I charged
no party , or State , or section of country with hostility to any other , but ventured ,
as I thought in a becoming spirit , to put forth my own sentiments in relation to a ...
Sir , I questioned no man's opinions ; I impeached no man's motives ; I charged
no party , or State , or section of country with hostility to any other , but ventured ,
as I thought in a becoming spirit , to put forth my own sentiments in relation to a ...
Page 77
This was followed by a decade of reconstruction , during which the warfare of
opinion was as virulent in its way as had been that of the combat in the field . In
all this was plentiful food for oratory . In the few - years preceding the war , when
the ...
This was followed by a decade of reconstruction , during which the warfare of
opinion was as virulent in its way as had been that of the combat in the field . In
all this was plentiful food for oratory . In the few - years preceding the war , when
the ...
Page 89
But when the ordinance of secession was passed against their advice , they
yielded their own opinions and went with their State , Hill becoming a
Confederate Senator , and Stephens Vice - President of the Confederacy during
its four eventful ...
But when the ordinance of secession was passed against their advice , they
yielded their own opinions and went with their State , Hill becoming a
Confederate Senator , and Stephens Vice - President of the Confederacy during
its four eventful ...
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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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