Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... political discussion in masses ; before audiences smaller and more select , assembled for some solemn commemoration of the past or of the dead ; in each of these again his speech , of the first form of abil- ity , was exactly adapted ...
... political discussion in masses ; before audiences smaller and more select , assembled for some solemn commemoration of the past or of the dead ; in each of these again his speech , of the first form of abil- ity , was exactly adapted ...
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... political literature . And yet , all these modes of his eloquence , exactly adapted each to its stage and its end , were stamped with his image and super- scription , identified by characteristics incapable to be counterfeited , and ...
... political literature . And yet , all these modes of his eloquence , exactly adapted each to its stage and its end , were stamped with his image and super- scription , identified by characteristics incapable to be counterfeited , and ...
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... political connection between us and the states of Great Britain is , and ought to be , totally dissolved . " John Adams , in whose soul glowed the burning future , seconded the resolution in a speech so full of impassioned fervor ...
... political connection between us and the states of Great Britain is , and ought to be , totally dissolved . " John Adams , in whose soul glowed the burning future , seconded the resolution in a speech so full of impassioned fervor ...
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... could regard , and did regard nothing as of paramount political interest , but the integrity of the Union itself . With a United govern- ment , well administered , he saw we had nothing to fear ; and without it , nothing to hope .
... could regard , and did regard nothing as of paramount political interest , but the integrity of the Union itself . With a United govern- ment , well administered , he saw we had nothing to fear ; and without it , nothing to hope .
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... political men , or as private citizens , how should he answer him , who has ventured to talk of disunion and dismemberment ? Or how should he answer him , who dwells perpetually on local interests , and fans every kindling flame of ...
... political men , or as private citizens , how should he answer him , who has ventured to talk of disunion and dismemberment ? Or how should he answer him , who dwells perpetually on local interests , and fans every kindling flame of ...
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