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It is not meet , O Athenians , that for so foul a reproach you should reject fair and
honorable advantages . Remember , each of you individually will share in the
reputation of your common judgment . It is plain to the bystanders and to all men
...
It is not meet , O Athenians , that for so foul a reproach you should reject fair and
honorable advantages . Remember , each of you individually will share in the
reputation of your common judgment . It is plain to the bystanders and to all men
...
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It was chiefly , men of the jury , because I deemed it good for Athens that the law
should be repealed , but partly on account of the son of Chabrias , that I engaged
to support these men to the utmost of my ability . It is plain enough , men of ...
It was chiefly , men of the jury , because I deemed it good for Athens that the law
should be repealed , but partly on account of the son of Chabrias , that I engaged
to support these men to the utmost of my ability . It is plain enough , men of ...
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It appears to me , O Athenians , that the men who praise your ancestors adopt a
flattering language , not a course beneficial to the people whorn they eulogize .
For attempting to speak on subjects which no man can fully reach by words they ...
It appears to me , O Athenians , that the men who praise your ancestors adopt a
flattering language , not a course beneficial to the people whorn they eulogize .
For attempting to speak on subjects which no man can fully reach by words they ...
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That your affairs are amiss , men of Athens , because you do nothing which is
needful ; if , notwithstanding you performed your duties , it were the same , there
would be no hope of amendment . Consider , next , what you know by report ,
and ...
That your affairs are amiss , men of Athens , because you do nothing which is
needful ; if , notwithstanding you performed your duties , it were the same , there
would be no hope of amendment . Consider , next , what you know by report ,
and ...
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If you , Athenians , will adopt this principle now , though you did not before , and
every man , where he can and ought to give his service to the state , be ready to
give it without excuse , the wealthy to contribute , the able - bodied to enlist ; in a
...
If you , Athenians , will adopt this principle now , though you did not before , and
every man , where he can and ought to give his service to the state , be ready to
give it without excuse , the wealthy to contribute , the able - bodied to enlist ; in a
...
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Page 19 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command...
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Page 318 - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
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Page 392 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
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Page 303 - This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.
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| Title | How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who Would Excel in the Art of Public Speaking |
| Author | Edwin Gordon Lawrence |
| Publisher | A. C. McClurg, 1913 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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