Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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Charles Morris. JOSEPH WARREN 27 reluctantly retired a bullet struck him in the head , and he fell , the first illustrious victim to ... day , have often sunk a people into effeminacy and sloth . Hardships and dangers , though we forever ...
Charles Morris. JOSEPH WARREN 27 reluctantly retired a bullet struck him in the head , and he fell , the first illustrious victim to ... day , have often sunk a people into effeminacy and sloth . Hardships and dangers , though we forever ...
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Charles Morris. ALEXANDER HAMILTON 393 in the West Indies to the United States in 1772 , a boy of fifteen , he soon began to ... Day after day , and week after week he worked in the New York Convention , fighting the enemies of that ...
Charles Morris. ALEXANDER HAMILTON 393 in the West Indies to the United States in 1772 , a boy of fifteen , he soon began to ... Day after day , and week after week he worked in the New York Convention , fighting the enemies of that ...
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... a temporary league of independent States . Washington told the exact truth when he said , " We are one 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 ...
... a temporary league of independent States . Washington told the exact truth when he said , " We are one 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 ...
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... to slavery should be read , printed , or debated , but Adams was not thus to ... day , and insisting that the House should act on each separate petition . He ... A Eulogy of Lafayette.
... to slavery should be read , printed , or debated , but Adams was not thus to ... day , and insisting that the House should act on each separate petition . He ... A Eulogy of Lafayette.
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... a notable oration , with the Declaration for its subject . From this long and eloquent address we select some illustrative passages . ] FELLOW CITIZENS : It belongs to us , with strong propriety , to cele- brate this day . The town of ...
... a notable oration , with the Declaration for its subject . From this long and eloquent address we select some illustrative passages . ] FELLOW CITIZENS : It belongs to us , with strong propriety , to cele- brate this day . The town of ...
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