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 8774
... means it could not . The con- stitution had put it out of the power of the nation by com- mitting it to the States where slavery existed ; and those States would not abolish it . Our statesmen in 1850 resolved to cure the evil by wholly ...
... means it could not . The con- stitution had put it out of the power of the nation by com- mitting it to the States where slavery existed ; and those States would not abolish it . Our statesmen in 1850 resolved to cure the evil by wholly ...
Page 8788
... mean a state of war . In society we must sacrifice something , as we do when we go through a crowd , and not only must we yield to old age , to the fairer and better sex , and to that youth , which , in its weakness , is entitled to ...
... mean a state of war . In society we must sacrifice something , as we do when we go through a crowd , and not only must we yield to old age , to the fairer and better sex , and to that youth , which , in its weakness , is entitled to ...
Page 8794
... means of performing it forbidden by the constitution , no matter how necessary or proper it might be thought to be . But , sir , this doctrine is monstrous . It has no foundation in the constitution . It subjects all the States to the ...
... means of performing it forbidden by the constitution , no matter how necessary or proper it might be thought to be . But , sir , this doctrine is monstrous . It has no foundation in the constitution . It subjects all the States to the ...
Page 8797
... means , it is to be feared , so common in public places as to make their disappearance , in even a single instance , a matter of indifference ; but because of those peculiar and strongly marked moral traits of his character which gave ...
... means , it is to be feared , so common in public places as to make their disappearance , in even a single instance , a matter of indifference ; but because of those peculiar and strongly marked moral traits of his character which gave ...
Page 8813
... means of which the Spanish people can attain the grandeur for which it hungers , and it still has too little thereof . Such is the existence , such is the reality of history , and neither Seņor Barzanallana nor I , nor any poet greater ...
... means of which the Spanish people can attain the grandeur for which it hungers , and it still has too little thereof . Such is the existence , such is the reality of history , and neither Seņor Barzanallana nor I , nor any poet greater ...
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