Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... look into the books , and con- sider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance . I have accordingly considered it , and now appear not only in obedience to your order , but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this ...
... look into the books , and con- sider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance . I have accordingly considered it , and now appear not only in obedience to your order , but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this ...
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... look up to Heaven for assistance . Your adversaries are composed of wretches who laugh at the rights of humanity , who turn religion into deri- sion , and would , for higher wages , direct their swords against their leaders , or their ...
... look up to Heaven for assistance . Your adversaries are composed of wretches who laugh at the rights of humanity , who turn religion into deri- sion , and would , for higher wages , direct their swords against their leaders , or their ...
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... look with affection and veneration to such a country as his parent ? The sense of having one would die with him ; he would blush for his patriotism , if he retained any , and justly , for it would be a vice . He would be a banished man ...
... look with affection and veneration to such a country as his parent ? The sense of having one would die with him ; he would blush for his patriotism , if he retained any , and justly , for it would be a vice . He would be a banished man ...
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... Look at the conduct of America in her infant years . When there was no actual invasion of right , but only a claim to invade , she resisted the claim ; she spurned the insult . Did we then hesitate ? Did we then wait for foreign ...
... Look at the conduct of America in her infant years . When there was no actual invasion of right , but only a claim to invade , she resisted the claim ; she spurned the insult . Did we then hesitate ? Did we then wait for foreign ...
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... look at human nature ; look at the character of the contest in which you would be engaged in the sup- position of a war following the dissolution of the Union , such as I have suggested ; and I ask you if it is possible for you to doubt ...
... look at human nature ; look at the character of the contest in which you would be engaged in the sup- position of a war following the dissolution of the Union , such as I have suggested ; and I ask you if it is possible for you to doubt ...
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