Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 531
... given to learning - none which are more per- manent , none which yield a better return . It is a common error in this country to suppose that we need many universities . Just the reverse is true - we need but few , but we need them ...
... given to learning - none which are more per- manent , none which yield a better return . It is a common error in this country to suppose that we need many universities . Just the reverse is true - we need but few , but we need them ...
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... given peace to the nation ; it has given union , freedom , equal rights ; and in addition to that , it has given to you and me the sacred sympathy of these graves . No matter what it has cost us individually- health or worldly fortunes ...
... given peace to the nation ; it has given union , freedom , equal rights ; and in addition to that , it has given to you and me the sacred sympathy of these graves . No matter what it has cost us individually- health or worldly fortunes ...
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... given us every element of prog- ress possessed by any other people , and to none has He given them in greater profusion . But they all lie unim- proved , because labor , by which alone they can be utilized , has been degraded as a thing ...
... given us every element of prog- ress possessed by any other people , and to none has He given them in greater profusion . But they all lie unim- proved , because labor , by which alone they can be utilized , has been degraded as a thing ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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