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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On December 16 , 1773 , when the tea - ships lay in the harbor , a great town
meeting was held , in which Adams and others took prominent part . When night
had fallen he rose and said : “ This meeting can do nothing more to save the
country ...
On December 16 , 1773 , when the tea - ships lay in the harbor , a great town
meeting was held , in which Adams and others took prominent part . When night
had fallen he rose and said : “ This meeting can do nothing more to save the
country ...
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He took an active part in the debates on the Constitution , and afterwards in the
Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the
vehement oratory of Patrick Ilenry and the persuasive eloquence of George
Mason ; yet ...
He took an active part in the debates on the Constitution , and afterwards in the
Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the
vehement oratory of Patrick Ilenry and the persuasive eloquence of George
Mason ; yet ...
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THE AMERICAN SYSTEM ( Clay , who had argued strongly in favor of a
protective tariff during the spirited discussion in 1824 , took different ground in
1832 and 1833 , during a period of excitement in the South against high tariff that
yielded in ...
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM ( Clay , who had argued strongly in favor of a
protective tariff during the spirited discussion in 1824 , took different ground in
1832 and 1833 , during a period of excitement in the South against high tariff that
yielded in ...
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PRESIDENT : When I took occasion , two days ago , to throw out some ideas with
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 ...
PRESIDENT : When I took occasion , two days ago , to throw out some ideas with
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 ...
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... of the United States . In 1858 took place that memorable contest for the
Senatorship with Douglas to which he owed the national reputation which two
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 123 Fourscore and seven years ago , our 120 Abraham
Lincoln I 20.
... of the United States . In 1858 took place that memorable contest for the
Senatorship with Douglas to which he owed the national reputation which two
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 123 Fourscore and seven years ago , our 120 Abraham
Lincoln I 20.
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