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 Books1902 |
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... respects it is a government of a federal nature ; in others , it is of a consolidated nature . Even if we attend to the manner in which the Constitution is investigated , ratified and made the act of the people of America , I can say ...
... respects it is a government of a federal nature ; in others , it is of a consolidated nature . Even if we attend to the manner in which the Constitution is investigated , ratified and made the act of the people of America , I can say ...
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... respects . The first of these was the period of unrest and social and political turmoil which led to the war of the Revo- lution and to the formation of the Constitution . second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome ...
... respects . The first of these was the period of unrest and social and political turmoil which led to the war of the Revo- lution and to the formation of the Constitution . second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome ...
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... respect to the policy of the Government , in relation to the public lands , nothing certainly could have been further from my thoughts than that I should have been compelled again to throw myself upon the indulgence of the Senate ...
... respect to the policy of the Government , in relation to the public lands , nothing certainly could have been further from my thoughts than that I should have been compelled again to throw myself upon the indulgence of the Senate ...
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... respect and admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was simple and approachable , a man full of " the milk of human kindness , " one who , while he also was respected and admired , was loved as well . In ...
... respect and admiration rather than the personal affection , of the people . Lincoln was simple and approachable , a man full of " the milk of human kindness , " one who , while he also was respected and admired , was loved as well . In ...
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... respect was his able argument for the defendant in the great impeach- ment trial . As evidence , we give an extract from this very fine forensic effort . ] There are in the Constitution but three barriers against the will of a majority ...
... respect was his able argument for the defendant in the great impeach- ment trial . As evidence , we give an extract from this very fine forensic effort . ] There are in the Constitution but three barriers against the will of a majority ...
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