Modern Eloquence, Volume 2Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... nature , and were to make a people great , and able to govern themselves . [ Ap- plause . ] The great elements of that State thus developed , were education , industry and commerce . Education which , as Aristotle says , " makes one do ...
... nature , and were to make a people great , and able to govern themselves . [ Ap- plause . ] The great elements of that State thus developed , were education , industry and commerce . Education which , as Aristotle says , " makes one do ...
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... nature , may look at this accomplishment . On my return from Europe , when I first visited it , upon a public errand , while President Lincoln was at the height of his fame from the as- sured although not completed success and triumph ...
... nature , may look at this accomplishment . On my return from Europe , when I first visited it , upon a public errand , while President Lincoln was at the height of his fame from the as- sured although not completed success and triumph ...
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... nature of poetry that you have been kind enough to connect with my name . The greater part of the verses I have written were that product of the lyrical period of youth which is by no means uncommon in modern civilization . It exhibits ...
... nature of poetry that you have been kind enough to connect with my name . The greater part of the verses I have written were that product of the lyrical period of youth which is by no means uncommon in modern civilization . It exhibits ...
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