Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active , the brave . Besides , sir , we have no election . If we were base enough to desire it , it is now too late to ...
... friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active , the brave . Besides , sir , we have no election . If we were base enough to desire it , it is now too late to ...
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... friends as well as enemies ; we cannot suffer even Britons to ravish it from us . No longer could we reflect with generous pride on the heroic actions of our American forefathers ; no longer boast our origin from that far - famed island ...
... friends as well as enemies ; we cannot suffer even Britons to ravish it from us . No longer could we reflect with generous pride on the heroic actions of our American forefathers ; no longer boast our origin from that far - famed island ...
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... friend Samuel , " said to him Mather Byles , a Tory clergyman of Boston , " let us relinquish republican phantoms and attend to our fields . " " Very well , " he replied , " you attend to the planting of liberty and I will grub up the ...
... friend Samuel , " said to him Mather Byles , a Tory clergyman of Boston , " let us relinquish republican phantoms and attend to our fields . " " Very well , " he replied , " you attend to the planting of liberty and I will grub up the ...
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... friends , and foil the apprehensions of its enemies . I am persuaded that the patriotism of the people will continue , and be a sufficient guard to their liberties , and that the tendency of the constitution will be , that the State ...
... friends , and foil the apprehensions of its enemies . I am persuaded that the patriotism of the people will continue , and be a sufficient guard to their liberties , and that the tendency of the constitution will be , that the State ...
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... friends and ablest companions in arms , Henry Lee , was chosen by Congress to voice its sense of the country's loss . We give below Lee's eloquent tribute to his great commander's memory , spoken at the German Lutheran Church ...
... friends and ablest companions in arms , Henry Lee , was chosen by Congress to voice its sense of the country's loss . We give below Lee's eloquent tribute to his great commander's memory , spoken at the German Lutheran Church ...
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