Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... question of national interest of some high - sounding commonplace which has done weary duty on a thousand platforms , and which even in its palmiest days was never fit for anything better than a peroration . But in our dislike of the ...
... question of national interest of some high - sounding commonplace which has done weary duty on a thousand platforms , and which even in its palmiest days was never fit for anything better than a peroration . But in our dislike of the ...
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... question which has occupied the peo- ple of New York so long , the question of an elective judi- ciary or of a judiciary appointed by the Governor ; which is better , which is right ? That is better and that is right , evidently , which ...
... question which has occupied the peo- ple of New York so long , the question of an elective judi- ciary or of a judiciary appointed by the Governor ; which is better , which is right ? That is better and that is right , evidently , which ...
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... question without a word of partisan debate , in accordance with the prece- dents of our national history . No English interests were involved . The question was whether the flag of the great Republic is entitled to respect in South ...
... question without a word of partisan debate , in accordance with the prece- dents of our national history . No English interests were involved . The question was whether the flag of the great Republic is entitled to respect in South ...
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