Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 811
... nation , but an old people ; and our books , as distinguished from English books , are the products of a mature people in a new world . The world in which books are written has much to do with their quality , their themes , and their ...
... nation , but an old people ; and our books , as distinguished from English books , are the products of a mature people in a new world . The world in which books are written has much to do with their quality , their themes , and their ...
Page 833
... nation at work with grimed hands is a noble spectacle ; but if such a people is to get anything out of life after it has secured comfortable conditions , it must not only make room for poets and scholars and thinkers , but it must ...
... nation at work with grimed hands is a noble spectacle ; but if such a people is to get anything out of life after it has secured comfortable conditions , it must not only make room for poets and scholars and thinkers , but it must ...
Page 846
... Nation was guided ; and he was the first chosen of the people to put in motion the new Government . His was not the boldness of martial display or the charm of captivating oratory , but his calm and steady judgment won men's support and ...
... Nation was guided ; and he was the first chosen of the people to put in motion the new Government . His was not the boldness of martial display or the charm of captivating oratory , but his calm and steady judgment won men's support and ...
Page 847
... nation . They live in us , and their memory will help us keep the covenant entered into for the maintenance of the freest Government of earth . The Nation and the name of Washington are insepa- rable . One is linked indissolubly with ...
... nation . They live in us , and their memory will help us keep the covenant entered into for the maintenance of the freest Government of earth . The Nation and the name of Washington are insepa- rable . One is linked indissolubly with ...
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... Nation , by the officers of the Army and the Navy of the United States , by the Governors and Leg- islators of all the surrounding States . The steady tread of a mourning State and Nation was uninterrupted through the entire night . It ...
... Nation , by the officers of the Army and the Navy of the United States , by the Governors and Leg- islators of all the surrounding States . The steady tread of a mourning State and Nation was uninterrupted through the entire night . It ...
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