Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6578
... human mind is so constituted that no party can reach to the audacity of doing this . Think , if you can , of a single instance in which a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied . If , by the mere force of ...
... human mind is so constituted that no party can reach to the audacity of doing this . Think , if you can , of a single instance in which a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied . If , by the mere force of ...
Page 6610
... human soul and eradicate there the love of liberty ; and then , and not till then , could they perpetuate slavery in this country ! To my thinking , Judge Douglas is , by his example and vast influence , doing that very thing in this ...
... human soul and eradicate there the love of liberty ; and then , and not till then , could they perpetuate slavery in this country ! To my thinking , Judge Douglas is , by his example and vast influence , doing that very thing in this ...
Page 6629
... human nature must shudder at the prospect held up . " Mr. Jefferson did not mean to say , nor do I , that the power of emancipation is in the Federal government . He spoke of Virginia ; and , as to the power of emancipation , I speak of ...
... human nature must shudder at the prospect held up . " Mr. Jefferson did not mean to say , nor do I , that the power of emancipation is in the Federal government . He spoke of Virginia ; and , as to the power of emancipation , I speak of ...
Page 6630
... Human action can be modified to some extent but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a fceling against slavery in this nation which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You cannot destroy that judgment and ...
... Human action can be modified to some extent but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a fceling against slavery in this nation which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You cannot destroy that judgment and ...
Page 6639
... humanity and Christian benevolence in as noble strains as ever fell from human lips . And no one , I think , who had the privilege of hearing that appeal can fail to remember a passage which did not find its way into any of the printed ...
... humanity and Christian benevolence in as noble strains as ever fell from human lips . And no one , I think , who had the privilege of hearing that appeal can fail to remember a passage which did not find its way into any of the printed ...
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