Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 485
... [ Applause . ] Having thus accomplished our work of building an ocean telegraph we desired to make it useful to the public . To this end it must be kept in perfect order and all lines connected with it . The very idea of an electric ...
... [ Applause . ] Having thus accomplished our work of building an ocean telegraph we desired to make it useful to the public . To this end it must be kept in perfect order and all lines connected with it . The very idea of an electric ...
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... [ Applause . ] My friend Dr. Talmage has told you that the typical American has yet to come . Let me tell you that he has already come . [ Applause . ] Great types like valuable plants are slow to flower and fruit . But from the union of ...
... [ Applause . ] My friend Dr. Talmage has told you that the typical American has yet to come . Let me tell you that he has already come . [ Applause . ] Great types like valuable plants are slow to flower and fruit . But from the union of ...
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... applause . ] It is a rare privilege , sir , to have had part , however humble , in this work . Never was nobler duty confided to human hands than the uplifting and upbuilding of the prostrate and bleeding South , misguided , perhaps ...
... applause . ] It is a rare privilege , sir , to have had part , however humble , in this work . Never was nobler duty confided to human hands than the uplifting and upbuilding of the prostrate and bleeding South , misguided , perhaps ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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