Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... cause ; his cause as well as his belief must be strong . The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the plat- form , but it becomes hollow and ...
... cause ; his cause as well as his belief must be strong . The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the plat- form , but it becomes hollow and ...
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... Cause Robert J. Ingersoll Blaine the Plumed Knight At his Brother's Grave Henry Armitt Brown Men's Progress and Problems Henry Watterson . A Vision of American History The Puritan and the Cavalier Charles Francis Adams The Veterans of ...
... Cause Robert J. Ingersoll Blaine the Plumed Knight At his Brother's Grave Henry Armitt Brown Men's Progress and Problems Henry Watterson . A Vision of American History The Puritan and the Cavalier Charles Francis Adams The Veterans of ...
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... cause were very eloquent , but the Constitution was adopted . In 1795 President Washington offered him the position of Secretary of State , which he declined . The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia , which posi ...
... cause were very eloquent , but the Constitution was adopted . In 1795 President Washington offered him the position of Secretary of State , which he declined . The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia , which posi ...
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... cause , as I engaged in it from principle . I was solicited to argue this cause as Advocate General ; and because I would not , I have been charged with desertion from my office . To this charge I can give a very sufficient answer . I ...
... cause , as I engaged in it from principle . I was solicited to argue this cause as Advocate General ; and because I would not , I have been charged with desertion from my office . To this charge I can give a very sufficient answer . I ...
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... cause of the Colonies by pen and voice . Of his orations , the most fervent and brilliant was that delivered in Boston on March 6 , 1775 , in com- memoration of the " Boston Massacre " of five years before . On April 18th it was he who ...
... cause of the Colonies by pen and voice . Of his orations , the most fervent and brilliant was that delivered in Boston on March 6 , 1775 , in com- memoration of the " Boston Massacre " of five years before . On April 18th it was he who ...
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