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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He takes sides almost necessarily , and is apt to employ any means at his
command to give the supremacy to his own side of the question at issue . He is
the counterpart , not of the judge — who calmly and logically weighs the two
sides of the ...
He takes sides almost necessarily , and is apt to employ any means at his
command to give the supremacy to his own side of the question at issue . He is
the counterpart , not of the judge — who calmly and logically weighs the two
sides of the ...
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... forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony .
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my
own part , I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ; and
...
... forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony .
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my
own part , I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ; and
...
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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 ...
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The second was dominated by two exciting political problems , the tariff question
and the slavery controversy . The first of these led to the attempted secession
from the Union of South Carolina . Its most notable result , so far as oratory is ...
The second was dominated by two exciting political problems , the tariff question
and the slavery controversy . The first of these led to the attempted secession
from the Union of South Carolina . Its most notable result , so far as oratory is ...
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... continuing or ceasing their sale . This resolution was debated by Hayne in two
able speeches , both of which were answered by Webster . In these speeches the
subject broadened far beyond the original topic , bringing in the question of the ...
... continuing or ceasing their sale . This resolution was debated by Hayne in two
able speeches , both of which were answered by Webster . In these speeches the
subject broadened far beyond the original topic , bringing in the question of the ...
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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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