Speech CompositionF. S. Crofts & Company, 1937 - 385 pages |
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Page 115
... American dead . Behind me on the slopes was rank upon rank of living American soldiers , and lying before me upon the levels of the plain was rank upon rank of departed American soldiers . Right by the side of the stand where I spoke ...
... American dead . Behind me on the slopes was rank upon rank of living American soldiers , and lying before me upon the levels of the plain was rank upon rank of departed American soldiers . Right by the side of the stand where I spoke ...
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... American marines landed the very next day and occupied Port au Prince and . . . other ports of the little Republic .. then set up a government which prom- ised to accede to any terms the United States might name . What would Americans ...
... American marines landed the very next day and occupied Port au Prince and . . . other ports of the little Republic .. then set up a government which prom- ised to accede to any terms the United States might name . What would Americans ...
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... American woman , therefore all Mexicans are immoral . But when an American border ruf- fian assaults a Mexican woman the next week , we observe that this is the exception , and not typical . One Italian robs a fruit store , and to us it ...
... American woman , therefore all Mexicans are immoral . But when an American border ruf- fian assaults a Mexican woman the next week , we observe that this is the exception , and not typical . One Italian robs a fruit store , and to us it ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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