Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... The Handwriting on the Wall Phillips Brooks The Evil that Men do Lives after Them 263 Lincoln Dead and a Nation in Grief 264 265 267 267 268 269 · 270 271 CONTENTS PAGB William G. Brownlow The Union and the Constitution.
... The Handwriting on the Wall Phillips Brooks The Evil that Men do Lives after Them 263 Lincoln Dead and a Nation in Grief 264 265 267 267 268 269 · 270 271 CONTENTS PAGB William G. Brownlow The Union and the Constitution.
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... nation great in war , by some malignant influence may be employed to enslave you ; but let not even this discourage you . Her arms , ' tis true , have filled the world with terror ; her troops have reaped the laurels of the field ; her ...
... nation great in war , by some malignant influence may be employed to enslave you ; but let not even this discourage you . Her arms , ' tis true , have filled the world with terror ; her troops have reaped the laurels of the field ; her ...
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... nation to - day and thirteen to - morrow . " Congress had no money except what the States chose to give it ; if it needed an army it had to ask the States for soldiers ; it could make treaties , but could not enforce them ; it could ...
... nation to - day and thirteen to - morrow . " Congress had no money except what the States chose to give it ; if it needed an army it had to ask the States for soldiers ; it could make treaties , but could not enforce them ; it could ...
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... nation to break its faith . I admit that such a treaty ought not to be exe- cuted . I admit that self - preservation is the first law of society , as well as of individuals . It would , perhaps , be deemed an abuse of terms to call that ...
... nation to break its faith . I admit that such a treaty ought not to be exe- cuted . I admit that self - preservation is the first law of society , as well as of individuals . It would , perhaps , be deemed an abuse of terms to call that ...
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... nation . Never did the name of America appear in Europe with more lustre than upon the event of ratifying this instrument . . What is patriotism ? Is it a narrow affection for the spot where a man was born ? Are the very clods where we ...
... nation . Never did the name of America appear in Europe with more lustre than upon the event of ratifying this instrument . . What is patriotism ? Is it a narrow affection for the spot where a man was born ? Are the very clods where we ...
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