Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... interest in college festivities was deep and seri- ous , and the speaker was sure of an audience worthy of the place , the time , and his best thought . Later , in the older sections of the country , there was a marked decline of ...
... interest in college festivities was deep and seri- ous , and the speaker was sure of an audience worthy of the place , the time , and his best thought . Later , in the older sections of the country , there was a marked decline of ...
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... interest we derive from the contemplation of contemporary politics , a similar interest derived from a not less minute , and probably more accurate , knowledge of some comparatively brief passage in the political his- tory of the past ...
... interest we derive from the contemplation of contemporary politics , a similar interest derived from a not less minute , and probably more accurate , knowledge of some comparatively brief passage in the political his- tory of the past ...
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... interest is not what is commonly called philosophic , it is personal . Because the Revolution is the dominant fact in modern history , therefore people suppose that the doings of this or that provincial lawyer , tossed into temporary ...
... interest is not what is commonly called philosophic , it is personal . Because the Revolution is the dominant fact in modern history , therefore people suppose that the doings of this or that provincial lawyer , tossed into temporary ...
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