Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 443
... death has mingled in the glorious pageant to teach us we are men . Had our venerated fathers left us on any other ... death of the men who declared our independence- their death on the day of the jubilee - was all that was wanting to the ...
... death has mingled in the glorious pageant to teach us we are men . Had our venerated fathers left us on any other ... death of the men who declared our independence- their death on the day of the jubilee - was all that was wanting to the ...
Page 509
... death over his child . And as an evidence that human nature does not improve with time and is everywhere the same , unless it is per- meated with the leaven of Christianity , the wanton sacri- fice of infant life is probably as general ...
... death over his child . And as an evidence that human nature does not improve with time and is everywhere the same , unless it is per- meated with the leaven of Christianity , the wanton sacri- fice of infant life is probably as general ...
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... Death has given the same brevet to all . The brilliant young cavalry general who rode into his last action , with stars on his shoulders and his death - wound on his breast , is to us no more pre- cious than that sergeant of ...
... Death has given the same brevet to all . The brilliant young cavalry general who rode into his last action , with stars on his shoulders and his death - wound on his breast , is to us no more pre- cious than that sergeant of ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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