Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 21Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 11114 pages |
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Page 8768
... existence and for the first time took its place - a full , round , high place among the powers of the earth . We had to thank God , after the storms of war had passed , that we at last possessed what our fathers had hoped and prayed for ...
... existence and for the first time took its place - a full , round , high place among the powers of the earth . We had to thank God , after the storms of war had passed , that we at last possessed what our fathers had hoped and prayed for ...
Page 8774
... evil by wholly ignoring its existence . They solemnly resolved that the subject should never again be alluded to in or out of Congress . That all agitation should cease . This was securing to the country peace according 8774 CARPENTER.
... evil by wholly ignoring its existence . They solemnly resolved that the subject should never again be alluded to in or out of Congress . That all agitation should cease . This was securing to the country peace according 8774 CARPENTER.
Page 8779
... existence ; to establish it firmly upon immutable truth ; and give it the grandest opportunity a nation ever had to benefit mankind . It now devolves upon us who survive to determine whether their lives were laid down in vain . And in ...
... existence ; to establish it firmly upon immutable truth ; and give it the grandest opportunity a nation ever had to benefit mankind . It now devolves upon us who survive to determine whether their lives were laid down in vain . And in ...
Page 8791
... existence , and the other has advanced to the control and government of it . Sir , this cannot be . Gentlemen must not palter in a double sense . These acts of secession are either valid or invalid . If they are valid , they separated ...
... existence , and the other has advanced to the control and government of it . Sir , this cannot be . Gentlemen must not palter in a double sense . These acts of secession are either valid or invalid . If they are valid , they separated ...
Page 8799
... existence the subject of this restraint might be , how dark his skin , or how dense his ignorance . Behind all that lay for him the great principle that liberty is the birthright of all humanity , and that every individual of every race ...
... existence the subject of this restraint might be , how dark his skin , or how dense his ignorance . Behind all that lay for him the great principle that liberty is the birthright of all humanity , and that every individual of every race ...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence; Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 5 Mayo W. 1841-1909 Hazeltine No preview available - 2016 |
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