Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... character losing their force and potency as time goes on , however effective they may have seemed when the occasion served . The legal oration , for example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing even at the time to more ...
... character losing their force and potency as time goes on , however effective they may have seemed when the occasion served . The legal oration , for example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing even at the time to more ...
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... character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as ...
... character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as ...
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... character be preserved without paying our debts ? Can the Union subsist without revenue ? Have we realized the conse- quences which would attend its dissolution ? If these States are not united under a Federal Government , they will ...
... character be preserved without paying our debts ? Can the Union subsist without revenue ? Have we realized the conse- quences which would attend its dissolution ? If these States are not united under a Federal Government , they will ...
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... character of the proposed new government . ] Give me leave to say something of the nature of the government , and to show that it is perfectly safe and just to vest it with the power of taxation . There are a number of opinions ; but ...
... character of the proposed new government . ] Give me leave to say something of the nature of the government , and to show that it is perfectly safe and just to vest it with the power of taxation . There are a number of opinions ; but ...
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... character gave effulgence to his public virtues . His last scene comported with the whole tenor of his life ; although in extreme pain , not a sigh , not a groan escaped him ; and with undis- turbed serenity he closed his well - spent ...
... character gave effulgence to his public virtues . His last scene comported with the whole tenor of his life ; although in extreme pain , not a sigh , not a groan escaped him ; and with undis- turbed serenity he closed his well - spent ...
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