Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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... citizen should be his own advo- cate , was at first of such a practical character . But many persons would be drawn into litigation who had not the knowledge and ability to defend their causes . For this reason it was that in the Greek ...
... citizen should be his own advo- cate , was at first of such a practical character . But many persons would be drawn into litigation who had not the knowledge and ability to defend their causes . For this reason it was that in the Greek ...
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... citizen , " in the narrow acceptation of the term ; that every man should be regarded as a fellow - citizen in that world- wide city of Reason . And he attaches such importance to the city - or , as we should say , the " commonwealth ...
... citizen , " in the narrow acceptation of the term ; that every man should be regarded as a fellow - citizen in that world- wide city of Reason . And he attaches such importance to the city - or , as we should say , the " commonwealth ...
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... By his kindness I am informed that the word " patriot " was taken immediately from the French , where it was in use as early as the Fifteenth century in the sense of " citizen , " " fellow - citizen , " or " compatriot . PATRIOTISM 163.
... By his kindness I am informed that the word " patriot " was taken immediately from the French , where it was in use as early as the Fifteenth century in the sense of " citizen , " " fellow - citizen , " or " compatriot . PATRIOTISM 163.
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