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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Madison was one of the most illustrious 0f the early American statesmen, an able
thinker, a skillful writer, and a brilliant orator. He took an active part in the debates
on the Constitution, and afterwards in the Virginia Convention called to ratify it.
Madison was one of the most illustrious 0f the early American statesmen, an able
thinker, a skillful writer, and a brilliant orator. He took an active part in the debates
on the Constitution, and afterwards in the Virginia Convention called to ratify it.
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In this he was strongly sus' tained by another statesman of the convention,
Benjamin H. Hill. But when the ordinance of secession was passed against their
advice, they yielded their own opinions and went with their State, Hill becoming a
...
In this he was strongly sus' tained by another statesman of the convention,
Benjamin H. Hill. But when the ordinance of secession was passed against their
advice, they yielded their own opinions and went with their State, Hill becoming a
...
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... of them based on such national exigencies as gave inspiration to the words of
a Henry' or a Webster. JOHN W. DANIEL (1842 —) A VIRGINIA ORATOR AND
STATESMAN 167 BookerT Washington BOOK lV RECENT POLITICAL
ORATORS.
... of them based on such national exigencies as gave inspiration to the words of
a Henry' or a Webster. JOHN W. DANIEL (1842 —) A VIRGINIA ORATOR AND
STATESMAN 167 BookerT Washington BOOK lV RECENT POLITICAL
ORATORS.
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JOHN W. DANIEL (1842 —) A VIRGINIA ORATOR AND STATESMAN ORTY
years ago a private in Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and F to-day an United
States Senator, with the reputation of being one of the most eloquent men in the
Upper ...
JOHN W. DANIEL (1842 —) A VIRGINIA ORATOR AND STATESMAN ORTY
years ago a private in Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and F to-day an United
States Senator, with the reputation of being one of the most eloquent men in the
Upper ...
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Convention. At the right of the picture are seelt President Roosevelt and Senator
Plait of New York. Mr. Lodge is a well-known author and statesman. a man of
great powers and influence. ? IQQG'DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN POLITICAL
AND ...
Convention. At the right of the picture are seelt President Roosevelt and Senator
Plait of New York. Mr. Lodge is a well-known author and statesman. a man of
great powers and influence. ? IQQG'DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN POLITICAL
AND ...
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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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