Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... glory of Thomas Jefferson . To have been among the first of those who foresaw and broke the way for this great consummation ; to have been the mover of numer- ous decisive acts , its undoubted precursors ; to have been among many able ...
... glory of Thomas Jefferson . To have been among the first of those who foresaw and broke the way for this great consummation ; to have been the mover of numer- ous decisive acts , its undoubted precursors ; to have been among many able ...
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... glory as Americans there will be plenty and to spare for your forefathers and for mine . [ Renewed cheering . ] In speaking to the toast with which you have honored me , I accept the term , " The New South , " as in no sense disparaging ...
... glory as Americans there will be plenty and to spare for your forefathers and for mine . [ Renewed cheering . ] In speaking to the toast with which you have honored me , I accept the term , " The New South , " as in no sense disparaging ...
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... glory that is waiting to reward our ambition . And we shall escape this shame and win this glory if we now fully comprehend and manfully act upon three propositions : - I. That the civilization peculiar to the Southern States hitherto ...
... glory that is waiting to reward our ambition . And we shall escape this shame and win this glory if we now fully comprehend and manfully act upon three propositions : - I. That the civilization peculiar to the Southern States hitherto ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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