Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... heaven an oath to save the Union ; and " the Lord , our God , " was with him and did not fail nor forsake him until every obligation of oath and duty was sacredly kept and honored . Not any man was able to stand before him . Liberty was ...
... heaven an oath to save the Union ; and " the Lord , our God , " was with him and did not fail nor forsake him until every obligation of oath and duty was sacredly kept and honored . Not any man was able to stand before him . Liberty was ...
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... heaven , with not a marble fractured , not a pillar fallen . It still stands , like some patriarchal monarch of the forest , with its vigorous roots riveted to the soil , and its broad limbs spread in bold outline against the sky ; and ...
... heaven , with not a marble fractured , not a pillar fallen . It still stands , like some patriarchal monarch of the forest , with its vigorous roots riveted to the soil , and its broad limbs spread in bold outline against the sky ; and ...
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... heavens which the telescope . opens upon us , if allowed to fill and possess the mind , may almost whirl it round and make it dizzy . It brings in a flood of ideas , and is rightly called an intellectual 916 JOHN HENRY , CARDINAL NEWMAN.
... heavens which the telescope . opens upon us , if allowed to fill and possess the mind , may almost whirl it round and make it dizzy . It brings in a flood of ideas , and is rightly called an intellectual 916 JOHN HENRY , CARDINAL NEWMAN.
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... heaven and hell , they seem to become , in point of intellect , different beings from what they were . Be- fore , they took things as they came , and thought no more of one thing than another . But now every event has a meaning ; they ...
... heaven and hell , they seem to become , in point of intellect , different beings from what they were . Be- fore , they took things as they came , and thought no more of one thing than another . But now every event has a meaning ; they ...
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... heaven forbid any admission that the American republic can be wrecked by any one or even two administrations . The ... heavens whence Franklin brought it down . The lat- ter would have us believe that , to act well our part on the world ...
... heaven forbid any admission that the American republic can be wrecked by any one or even two administrations . The ... heavens whence Franklin brought it down . The lat- ter would have us believe that , to act well our part on the world ...
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