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 6566
... never differed . The several points of the Dred Scott decision , in connec- tion with Senator Douglas's " care - not " policy , constitute the piece of machinery in its present state of advancement . This was the third point gained ...
... never differed . The several points of the Dred Scott decision , in connec- tion with Senator Douglas's " care - not " policy , constitute the piece of machinery in its present state of advancement . This was the third point gained ...
Page 6570
... never differed . They remind us that he is a great man , and that the largest of us are very small ones . Let this be granted . " But a living dog is better than a dead lion . " Judge Douglas , if not a dead lion , for this work , is at ...
... never differed . They remind us that he is a great man , and that the largest of us are very small ones . Let this be granted . " But a living dog is better than a dead lion . " Judge Douglas , if not a dead lion , for this work , is at ...
Page 6572
... peace and personal security are to be endangered . There never has been any reasonable cause for such apprehension . Indeed , the most t • ample evidence to the contrary has all the 6572 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS First Inaugural Address.
... peace and personal security are to be endangered . There never has been any reasonable cause for such apprehension . Indeed , the most t • ample evidence to the contrary has all the 6572 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS First Inaugural Address.
Page 6573
... never recanted them . And more than this , they placed in the platform for my ac- ceptance , and as a law to themselves and to me , the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read : ' Resolved , That the maintenance inviolate of the ...
... never recanted them . And more than this , they placed in the platform for my ac- ceptance , and as a law to themselves and to me , the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read : ' Resolved , That the maintenance inviolate of the ...
Page 6578
... , that controver- sies never arise concerning them . But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administra- tion . 6578 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
... , that controver- sies never arise concerning them . But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administra- tion . 6578 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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