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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When thus read , apart from the personal influence of the orator and with cool
and judicial mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become
pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly ...
When thus read , apart from the personal influence of the orator and with cool
and judicial mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become
pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly ...
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The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its
cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes
hollow and empty in the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly ...
The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its
cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes
hollow and empty in the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly ...
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For this reason it may be held that no one should decide as to the true merit of an
oration until he has read it , and the really great orations can be enjoyed by the
reader centuries even after they were delivered . THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK
...
For this reason it may be held that no one should decide as to the true merit of an
oration until he has read it , and the really great orations can be enjoyed by the
reader centuries even after they were delivered . THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK
...
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... Secession Charles Sumner The True Grandeur of Nations William H. Seward .
America's True Greatness 123 125 126 129 130 132 133 135 136 138 139 141
142 145 146 . CONTENTS ix PAGE . Frederick Douglass Free Speech in Boston.
... Secession Charles Sumner The True Grandeur of Nations William H. Seward .
America's True Greatness 123 125 126 129 130 132 133 135 136 138 139 141
142 145 146 . CONTENTS ix PAGE . Frederick Douglass Free Speech in Boston.
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His own words form the true motto of his character : " I would rather be right than
be President . " THE AMERICAN SYSTEM ( Clay , who had argued strongly in
favor of a protective tariff during the spirited discussion in 1824 , took different ...
His own words form the true motto of his character : " I would rather be right than
be President . " THE AMERICAN SYSTEM ( Clay , who had argued strongly in
favor of a protective tariff during the spirited discussion in 1824 , took different ...
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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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