The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 10F.P. Kaiser, 1899 - 111 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 3675
... causes are of the evils for which he is required to de- vise a remedy . Sir , the subjects of mere partisan controversy which have been chiefly discussed here and in the country , so far , are not the causes , but only the symptoms or ...
... causes are of the evils for which he is required to de- vise a remedy . Sir , the subjects of mere partisan controversy which have been chiefly discussed here and in the country , so far , are not the causes , but only the symptoms or ...
Page 3676
... cause is always the same - the feeling that might makes right ; that the strong ought to govern the weak ; that the will of the mere and absolute majority of numbers ought always to control ; that fifty men may do what they please with ...
... cause is always the same - the feeling that might makes right ; that the strong ought to govern the weak ; that the will of the mere and absolute majority of numbers ought always to control ; that fifty men may do what they please with ...
Page 3680
... cause , the fact was that the South for fifty years was nearly al- ways on the side of the Democratic party . It was the natural ally of the Democracy of the North , and especially of the West . Geographical position and identity of ...
... cause , the fact was that the South for fifty years was nearly al- ways on the side of the Democratic party . It was the natural ally of the Democracy of the North , and especially of the West . Geographical position and identity of ...
Page 3683
... cause of popular gov- ernment , not only against Charles but against Cromwell . After the Protectorate had become a military dictatorship , Cromwell was obliged to send Vane to prison . Elected to Parliament after Cromwell's death , he ...
... cause of popular gov- ernment , not only against Charles but against Cromwell . After the Protectorate had become a military dictatorship , Cromwell was obliged to send Vane to prison . Elected to Parliament after Cromwell's death , he ...
Page 3686
... cause , and to be left alone ( as in a sort I am ) , yet being upheld with the authority before asserted , and keeping myself in union and conjunction therewith , I am not afraid to bear my witness to it in this great presence , nor to ...
... cause , and to be left alone ( as in a sort I am ) , yet being upheld with the authority before asserted , and keeping myself in union and conjunction therewith , I am not afraid to bear my witness to it in this great presence , nor to ...
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