Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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Page 17
... less oppression . It was conscience attempting to escape from the arbitrary rule of the Stuarts . It was Robinson and Brewster leading off their little band from their native soil at first to find a shelter on the shore of a neighboring ...
... less oppression . It was conscience attempting to escape from the arbitrary rule of the Stuarts . It was Robinson and Brewster leading off their little band from their native soil at first to find a shelter on the shore of a neighboring ...
Page 22
... less worship there shall spring splendid temples to record God's goodness ; from the simplicity of our social union there shall arise wise and politic con- stitutions of government , full of the liberty which we ourselves bring and ...
... less worship there shall spring splendid temples to record God's goodness ; from the simplicity of our social union there shall arise wise and politic con- stitutions of government , full of the liberty which we ourselves bring and ...
Page 29
... less as one of our blessings , than as the great treasure - house which contained them all . Here , in his judgment , was the great magazine of all our means of prosperity ; here , as he thought , and as every American still thinks ...
... less as one of our blessings , than as the great treasure - house which contained them all . Here , in his judgment , was the great magazine of all our means of prosperity ; here , as he thought , and as every American still thinks ...
Page 49
... less inventions and multitudinous industries , all these may be remitted to the census , and left for the student of statistics . The claim which our country presents for giving no second or subordi- nate character to the age rests only ...
... less inventions and multitudinous industries , all these may be remitted to the census , and left for the student of statistics . The claim which our country presents for giving no second or subordi- nate character to the age rests only ...
Page 50
... less than the hope or the despair of the ages . Let us strive then to aid and advance the liberty of the world in the only legitimate way in our power , by patriotic fidelity in upholding our own free institutions . We have nothing now ...
... less than the hope or the despair of the ages . Let us strive then to aid and advance the liberty of the world in the only legitimate way in our power , by patriotic fidelity in upholding our own free institutions . We have nothing now ...
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