Modern Eloquence, Volume 2Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... LAND O ' CAKES [ Speech of John Foord at the 143d annual banquet of the St. Andrew's Society of the State of New York , December 1 , 1899. The speech was delivered in response to the toast , “ The Land O ' Cakes . ” ] MR . PRESIDENT ...
... LAND O ' CAKES [ Speech of John Foord at the 143d annual banquet of the St. Andrew's Society of the State of New York , December 1 , 1899. The speech was delivered in response to the toast , “ The Land O ' Cakes . ” ] MR . PRESIDENT ...
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... land ? The land of brown heath and shaggy wood , land of the mountain and the flood , the land of our sires , must be , indeed , part of ourselves ; but it is also something beyond and above ourselves , -the cradle of memories that will ...
... land ? The land of brown heath and shaggy wood , land of the mountain and the flood , the land of our sires , must be , indeed , part of ourselves ; but it is also something beyond and above ourselves , -the cradle of memories that will ...
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... land all over with its energy and its courage . And yet - while in the El- dorado of which I have told you but fifteen per cent . of its lands are cultivated , its mines scarcely touched , and its pop- ulation so scant that , were it ...
... land all over with its energy and its courage . And yet - while in the El- dorado of which I have told you but fifteen per cent . of its lands are cultivated , its mines scarcely touched , and its pop- ulation so scant that , were it ...
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