Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 579
... South of slavery and secession - that South is dead . There is a South of union and freedom - that South , thank God , is living , breathing , growing every hour . " These words , delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill ...
... South of slavery and secession - that South is dead . There is a South of union and freedom - that South , thank God , is living , breathing , growing every hour . " These words , delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill ...
Page 587
... South rested everything on slavery and agri- culture , unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth . The New South presents a perfect democracy , the oligarchs leading in the popular movement — a social system ...
... South rested everything on slavery and agri- culture , unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth . The New South presents a perfect democracy , the oligarchs leading in the popular movement — a social system ...
Page 665
... South Carolina that it was assented to . Had it not been for South Caro- lina no Congress would have been appointed . She was all alive , and felt at every pore . " So perhaps we will accept the verdict of the Massachusetts historian ...
... South Carolina that it was assented to . Had it not been for South Caro- lina no Congress would have been appointed . She was all alive , and felt at every pore . " So perhaps we will accept the verdict of the Massachusetts historian ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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