Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... command of language . Back of these accomplishments must rest superior powers of thought , logical consistency in reason- ing , quickness and brilliancy of conception , control of rhetorical expedients , and much of what is known as ...
... command of language . Back of these accomplishments must rest superior powers of thought , logical consistency in reason- ing , quickness and brilliancy of conception , control of rhetorical expedients , and much of what is known as ...
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... command to give the acy to his own side of the question at issue . He is the counter- part , not of the judge — who calmly and logically weighs the two sides of the case to be decided and seeks to avoid preference to either - but of the ...
... command to give the acy to his own side of the question at issue . He is the counter- part , not of the judge — who calmly and logically weighs the two sides of the case to be decided and seeks to avoid preference to either - but of the ...
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... command all to assist him . Fourthly , by this writ , not only deputies , etc. , but even their menial servants , are allowed to lord it over us . What is this but to have the curse of Canaan with a witness on us ; to be the servant or ...
... command all to assist him . Fourthly , by this writ , not only deputies , etc. , but even their menial servants , are allowed to lord it over us . What is this but to have the curse of Canaan with a witness on us ; to be the servant or ...
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... command , but War- ren declined , saying that he had come as a volunteer and to learn the art of war from an able soldier . Borrowing a musket , he plunged into the thick of the fight , encouraging the troops by his courage and daring ...
... command , but War- ren declined , saying that he had come as a volunteer and to learn the art of war from an able soldier . Borrowing a musket , he plunged into the thick of the fight , encouraging the troops by his courage and daring ...
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... command of her armies ? Will you follow him to the high grounds of Boston , where , to an undisciplined , courageous , and virtuous yeomanry , his presence gave the stability of system , and infused the invincibility of love of country ...
... command of her armies ? Will you follow him to the high grounds of Boston , where , to an undisciplined , courageous , and virtuous yeomanry , his presence gave the stability of system , and infused the invincibility of love of country ...
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