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 3678
... thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Consti- tution itself , should be sacrificed to obtain possession of it ? There is no such glittering prize to be contended for every four or two years , anywhere ...
... thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Consti- tution itself , should be sacrificed to obtain possession of it ? There is no such glittering prize to be contended for every four or two years , anywhere ...
Page 3687
... thing more than ordinarily urgent , where both my estate and life are in such eminent peril ; nay , more than my life , the concerns of thousands of lives are in it , not only of those that are in their graves already , but of all ...
... thing more than ordinarily urgent , where both my estate and life are in such eminent peril ; nay , more than my life , the concerns of thousands of lives are in it , not only of those that are in their graves already , but of all ...
Page 3702
... things existing , if officers of the Govern- ment who should be imbued with patriotism and integrity enough to have a care ... thing none but favor- ites gain access there , and none other can obtain contracts which bear enormous profits ...
... things existing , if officers of the Govern- ment who should be imbued with patriotism and integrity enough to have a care ... thing none but favor- ites gain access there , and none other can obtain contracts which bear enormous profits ...
Page 3704
... thing may to some extent be done , yet let us see , for a few moments , what amount of money this Government will be compelled annually to raise in order to prevent open and con- fessed bankruptcy before the world . I will content ...
... thing may to some extent be done , yet let us see , for a few moments , what amount of money this Government will be compelled annually to raise in order to prevent open and con- fessed bankruptcy before the world . I will content ...
Page 3711
... thing no less horrid than if the sun should burn without lighting us , or the earth serve only to bury , and not to feed and nourish us . But , my lords , to demonstrate that it was a supposititious , imposed necessity , and such as ...
... thing no less horrid than if the sun should burn without lighting us , or the earth serve only to bury , and not to feed and nourish us . But , my lords , to demonstrate that it was a supposititious , imposed necessity , and such as ...
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