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 6564
... reason of his owner having voluntarily taken him first into . a free State , and then into a Territory covered by the Con- gressional prohibition , and held him as a slave for a long time in each , was passing through the United States ...
... reason of his owner having voluntarily taken him first into . a free State , and then into a Territory covered by the Con- gressional prohibition , and held him as a slave for a long time in each , was passing through the United States ...
Page 6571
... reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particu lar change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague infer- ence ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
... reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particu lar change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague infer- ence ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
Page 6582
... reason for precipi- tate action . Intelligence , patriotism , Christianity , and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . In your ...
... reason for precipi- tate action . Intelligence , patriotism , Christianity , and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . In your ...
Page 6590
... reason to know that Judge Douglas knows that I said this . I think he has the answer here to one of the questions he put to me . I do not mean to allow him to catechise me unless he pays back for it in kind . I will not answer ques ...
... reason to know that Judge Douglas knows that I said this . I think he has the answer here to one of the questions he put to me . I do not mean to allow him to catechise me unless he pays back for it in kind . I will not answer ques ...
Page 6591
... reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence , the right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the ...
... reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence , the right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the ...
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