Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... subjects of permanent interest in themselves - those great occasions or events of history which never grow dull or stale , but retain their freshness through the ages . CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS BOOK I. REVOLUTIONARY ORATORS OF.
... subjects of permanent interest in themselves - those great occasions or events of history which never grow dull or stale , but retain their freshness through the ages . CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS BOOK I. REVOLUTIONARY ORATORS OF.
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... never will decline it when freedom is the prize . An independence of Great Britain is not our aim . No , our wish is that Britain and the colonies may , like the oak and ivy , grow and increase in strength together . But whilst the ...
... never will decline it when freedom is the prize . An independence of Great Britain is not our aim . No , our wish is that Britain and the colonies may , like the oak and ivy , grow and increase in strength together . But whilst the ...
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... never will destroy the individual governments ; and this conviction must be strengthened by an attention to the construction of the Senate . The representatives will be chosen , probably under the influence of the mem- bers of the State ...
... never will destroy the individual governments ; and this conviction must be strengthened by an attention to the construction of the Senate . The representatives will be chosen , probably under the influence of the mem- bers of the State ...
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... never cease lamenting , in our finite view of Omnipotent wisdom , the heartrending privation for which our nation weeps . When the civilized world shakes to its centre ; when every moment gives birth to strange and momentous changes ...
... never cease lamenting , in our finite view of Omnipotent wisdom , the heartrending privation for which our nation weeps . When the civilized world shakes to its centre ; when every moment gives birth to strange and momentous changes ...
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... never heard any American avow a contrary sentiment , nor do I believe a contrary sentiment could find a place in the bosom of any American . I cannot pretend , and do not pretend , to know the opinion of the executive on the subject ...
... never heard any American avow a contrary sentiment , nor do I believe a contrary sentiment could find a place in the bosom of any American . I cannot pretend , and do not pretend , to know the opinion of the executive on the subject ...
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