Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... [ Laughter . ] The friend who was to have played the part of the little man ' of my story was Rev. Phillips Brooks , who is unfortunately prevented from coming this evening by indisposition . I have been asked to fill his place , which ...
... [ Laughter . ] The friend who was to have played the part of the little man ' of my story was Rev. Phillips Brooks , who is unfortunately prevented from coming this evening by indisposition . I have been asked to fill his place , which ...
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... [ Laughter . ] Now , nations have a wondrous way of continuing to live after they are doomed to death , and we contrive to get along from four years to four years . Nevertheless the excitement is pro- digious . Men say these wild ...
... [ Laughter . ] Now , nations have a wondrous way of continuing to live after they are doomed to death , and we contrive to get along from four years to four years . Nevertheless the excitement is pro- digious . Men say these wild ...
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... [ laughter ] -when you come to look at the interior life of these churches , you shall find that their charities , their sense of responsibility to the weak and the poor and to the ignorant , are perpetually acting as an inward fire , and ...
... [ laughter ] -when you come to look at the interior life of these churches , you shall find that their charities , their sense of responsibility to the weak and the poor and to the ignorant , are perpetually acting as an inward fire , and ...
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... [ Laughter . ] When they get there it would do your heart good just to go and look at them . You know what the duty of a regu lar Republican - Democratic legislator is . It is to get back again next winter . His second duty is what ? His ...
... [ Laughter . ] When they get there it would do your heart good just to go and look at them . You know what the duty of a regu lar Republican - Democratic legislator is . It is to get back again next winter . His second duty is what ? His ...
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... [ Laughter . ] Among living men you can find no peace . Growth means disturbance ; peace means death in any such sense as that of non - investigation , not changing , and if men say : " If you give up the old landmark you do not know ...
... [ Laughter . ] Among living men you can find no peace . Growth means disturbance ; peace means death in any such sense as that of non - investigation , not changing , and if men say : " If you give up the old landmark you do not know ...
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