American Public Addresses, 1740-1952McGraw-Hill, 1956 - 301 pages |
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... LIBERTY OR DEATH Patrick Henry , leading Virginia lawyer , fiery orator , legislator , staunch advocate of political liberty , gave the speech , " Liberty or Death , " before the Virginia Convention in St. John's Church , Richmond , on ...
... LIBERTY OR DEATH Patrick Henry , leading Virginia lawyer , fiery orator , legislator , staunch advocate of political liberty , gave the speech , " Liberty or Death , " before the Virginia Convention in St. John's Church , Richmond , on ...
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... liberty ? If , Sir , I had adopted what are called Peace principles , I might lament the circumstances of this case . But all you who believe , as I do , in the right and duty of magistrates to execute the laws , join with me and brand ...
... liberty ? If , Sir , I had adopted what are called Peace principles , I might lament the circumstances of this case . But all you who believe , as I do , in the right and duty of magistrates to execute the laws , join with me and brand ...
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... Liberty is the condition of real progress . The free man works for wife and child - the slave toils from fear . Liberty gives leisure and leisure refines , beautifies and ennobles . Slavery gives idleness and idleness de- grades ...
... Liberty is the condition of real progress . The free man works for wife and child - the slave toils from fear . Liberty gives leisure and leisure refines , beautifies and ennobles . Slavery gives idleness and idleness de- grades ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RALPH WALDO EMERSON | 3 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry | 15 |
Copyright | |
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