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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The Sermon on the Mount Carl Schurz Amnesty for the Conquered Benjamin
Harrison Inaugural Address William McKinley The Agencies of Modern Prosperity
Albert J. Beveridge Eulogy of the Republican Party The Republic Never Retreats
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The Sermon on the Mount Carl Schurz Amnesty for the Conquered Benjamin
Harrison Inaugural Address William McKinley The Agencies of Modern Prosperity
Albert J. Beveridge Eulogy of the Republican Party The Republic Never Retreats
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... Revolutionary period of American History , and boldly advocated the American
principle of self - government , and taxation with representation . The former was
the leading spirit in the “ Boston Tea Party " and the latter led in the opposition to
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... Revolutionary period of American History , and boldly advocated the American
principle of self - government , and taxation with representation . The former was
the leading spirit in the “ Boston Tea Party " and the latter led in the opposition to
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These words seemed a signal , a war - whoop was heard at the door , and a party
of men disguised as Indians rushed impetuously to the wharf , boarded the ships
, and flung the tea to the fishes of the harbor . This event and the action of the ...
These words seemed a signal , a war - whoop was heard at the door , and a party
of men disguised as Indians rushed impetuously to the wharf , boarded the ships
, and flung the tea to the fishes of the harbor . This event and the action of the ...
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Hamilton had the able party leader George Clinton , to contend against , and
Madison had the brilliant orator Patrick Henry , yet they both carried their point .
They had much the stronger side of the argument , and were able to show the
people ...
Hamilton had the able party leader George Clinton , to contend against , and
Madison had the brilliant orator Patrick Henry , yet they both carried their point .
They had much the stronger side of the argument , and were able to show the
people ...
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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 ...
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