Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 996
... nation . We do not admire the man of timid peace . We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who ... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has ...
... nation . We do not admire the man of timid peace . We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who ... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has ...
Page 999
... nation ever yet truly great if it relied upon material prosperity alone . All honor must be paid to the archi- tects of our material prosperity ; to the great captains of industry who have built our factories and our railroads ; to the ...
... nation ever yet truly great if it relied upon material prosperity alone . All honor must be paid to the archi- tects of our material prosperity ; to the great captains of industry who have built our factories and our railroads ; to the ...
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... nation must carry if she is to do her duty among the nations of the earth - if she is not to stand merely as the China of the Western Hemisphere . Our proper conduct toward the tropic islands we have wrested from Spain is merely the ...
... nation must carry if she is to do her duty among the nations of the earth - if she is not to stand merely as the China of the Western Hemisphere . Our proper conduct toward the tropic islands we have wrested from Spain is merely the ...
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