 | 1827 - 684 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out -running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | 1827 - 654 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher 1827.] Eulogies on Jefferson and Adams. 67 qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then self-devotion... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, thet dauntless spirit, speaking on, the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain and all elaborate oratory...eloquent ; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conceptions, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...wives, 20 their children, and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is 25 eloquent ; then, self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...their wives, their children, and the country, hang on their decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...presence of higher qualities. Then) patriotism is e|-. oqnent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of loa;ic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 pages
...itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the' presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is 25 eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of loiric, tne high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speuking on the tongue, beaming from... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...their wives, tbeir children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Tbeu, patriotism is eloquent ; then, selfdevotiou is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 pages
...their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then let-Is rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent;... | |
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The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have... 
