Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... tion I accepted the invitation to address your Society , simply because I had something which I much wanted to say ; and this seemed to me the best possible place , and this the most appropriate occasion , for saying it . My message ...
... tion I accepted the invitation to address your Society , simply because I had something which I much wanted to say ; and this seemed to me the best possible place , and this the most appropriate occasion , for saying it . My message ...
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... tion . He was deified while he was still among the living , and the honors of divine worship were exacted for his statues . Could mortal sense and sobriety exist , with such temptations to depart from them ? And as for the common ...
... tion . He was deified while he was still among the living , and the honors of divine worship were exacted for his statues . Could mortal sense and sobriety exist , with such temptations to depart from them ? And as for the common ...
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... tion , a love deeper than the pride with which she should be hailed in the hour of victory and triumph . It is not too much to say that if France to - day is still a great nation , a centre of intellectual activity , and a pioneer of ...
... tion , a love deeper than the pride with which she should be hailed in the hour of victory and triumph . It is not too much to say that if France to - day is still a great nation , a centre of intellectual activity , and a pioneer of ...
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