Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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Page 51
... civil war , but have stood the abeyance of almost all ad- ministration , while the whole people were waiting , breathless in alternate hope and fear , for the issues of an execrable crime ! We are one , bound together afresh , by the ...
... civil war , but have stood the abeyance of almost all ad- ministration , while the whole people were waiting , breathless in alternate hope and fear , for the issues of an execrable crime ! We are one , bound together afresh , by the ...
Page 60
... civil and religious liberty , of free government , of the moral improvement and elevation of mankind , and of the immortal memory of those who , with heroic devotion , have sacrificed their lives for their country . Woe betide the man ...
... civil and religious liberty , of free government , of the moral improvement and elevation of mankind , and of the immortal memory of those who , with heroic devotion , have sacrificed their lives for their country . Woe betide the man ...
Page 70
... civil feuds , or drenched , it may be , in fraternal blood . Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic , now known and honored throughout the earth , still full high ad- LIBERTY AND ...
... civil feuds , or drenched , it may be , in fraternal blood . Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic , now known and honored throughout the earth , still full high ad- LIBERTY AND ...
Page 71
... civil- ized world . Indeed , they seem the necessary result of the progress of civilization and knowledge . These are , first , popular governments , restrained by written constitutions ; and secondly , universal education . Pop- ular ...
... civil- ized world . Indeed , they seem the necessary result of the progress of civilization and knowledge . These are , first , popular governments , restrained by written constitutions ; and secondly , universal education . Pop- ular ...
Page 91
... civil authority , by the influence of patronage and office and favor , this , indeed , was difficult . They who had the work to do saw the difficulty and we see it ; and if we maintain our system , we shall act wisely to that end , by ...
... civil authority , by the influence of patronage and office and favor , this , indeed , was difficult . They who had the work to do saw the difficulty and we see it ; and if we maintain our system , we shall act wisely to that end , by ...
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