Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... hope to succeed . No man can serve God and Mammon . The great oration must come from the heart and not from the lips . Yet it is not enough for a man to believe in his cause ; his cause as well as his belief must be strong . The speech ...
... hope to succeed . No man can serve God and Mammon . The great oration must come from the heart and not from the lips . Yet it is not enough for a man to believe in his cause ; his cause as well as his belief must be strong . The speech ...
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... hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen , if , entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The ...
... hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen , if , entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs , I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The ...
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... hope . We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth , and listen to the song of that siren , till she transforms us into beasts . Is this the part of wise men , engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we dis ...
... hope . We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth , and listen to the song of that siren , till she transforms us into beasts . Is this the part of wise men , engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we dis ...
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... hope of peace and recon- ciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to ...
... hope of peace and recon- ciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to ...
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... hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties . If , therefore , on a full and candid discussion , the proposed system shall appear to have that tendency , for God's sake let us reject it . But let us not mistake words for things , nor ...
... hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties . If , therefore , on a full and candid discussion , the proposed system shall appear to have that tendency , for God's sake let us reject it . But let us not mistake words for things , nor ...
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