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 6577
... thought and reflection . The course here indicated will be followed , unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper , and in every case and exigency my best dis cretion will be exercised ...
... thought and reflection . The course here indicated will be followed , unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper , and in every case and exigency my best dis cretion will be exercised ...
Page 6584
... thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war . All dreaded it , all sought to avoid it . While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place , devoted altogether to saving the Union without war , insur- gent ...
... thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war . All dreaded it , all sought to avoid it . While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place , devoted altogether to saving the Union without war , insur- gent ...
Page 6595
... thought in the world that I was doing anything to bring about a war between the free and slave States . I had no thought in the world that I was doing anything to bring about a politi- cal and social equality of the black and white ...
... thought in the world that I was doing anything to bring about a war between the free and slave States . I had no thought in the world that I was doing anything to bring about a politi- cal and social equality of the black and white ...
Page 6596
... thought tended to prove my proposition , I concluded with this bit of comment : " We cannot absolutely know that these exact adaptations are the result of preconcert ; but , when we see a lot of framed timbers , different portions of ...
... thought tended to prove my proposition , I concluded with this bit of comment : " We cannot absolutely know that these exact adaptations are the result of preconcert ; but , when we see a lot of framed timbers , different portions of ...
Page 6598
... thought I might as well attend to my business a little ; and I recalled his attention as well as I could do to this charge of conspiracy to nationalize slavery . I called his attention to the fact that he had acknowledged in my hearing ...
... thought I might as well attend to my business a little ; and I recalled his attention as well as I could do to this charge of conspiracy to nationalize slavery . I called his attention to the fact that he had acknowledged in my hearing ...
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