Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great Epochs Or Books1902 |
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... number is but few and daily decreases ; and the spirit which can render them patient of slavery will render them contemptible enemies . JAMES MADISON 39 framed the Constitution , which he aided The Struggle for Independence.
... number is but few and daily decreases ; and the spirit which can render them patient of slavery will render them contemptible enemies . JAMES MADISON 39 framed the Constitution , which he aided The Struggle for Independence.
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... Constitution , and after- wards in the Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the vehement oratory of Patrick Henry and the per- suasive eloquence of George Mason ; yet he gained his cause , the ...
... Constitution , and after- wards in the Virginia Convention called to ratify it . Here he had to contend against the vehement oratory of Patrick Henry and the per- suasive eloquence of George Mason ; yet he gained his cause , the ...
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... Constitution . second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome in the Civil War . In both cases a con- flict of words preceded that of arms . The voice of the orator was the weapon employed , and a long con- test on the ...
... Constitution . second was the period of equal disturbance which had its outcome in the Civil War . In both cases a con- flict of words preceded that of arms . The voice of the orator was the weapon employed , and a long con- test on the ...
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... constitutional limit of thirty years of age . His rapid progress was due to his fine native powers of oratory , his skill in debate , and his controlling influence in political measures . Endowed by nature with a voice of wonderful ...
... constitutional limit of thirty years of age . His rapid progress was due to his fine native powers of oratory , his skill in debate , and his controlling influence in political measures . Endowed by nature with a voice of wonderful ...
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... Constitution but three barriers against the will of a majority of Congress within the terms of their authority . One is , that it requires a two - thirds vote to expel a member of either House ; another , that a two - thirds vote is ...
... Constitution but three barriers against the will of a majority of Congress within the terms of their authority . One is , that it requires a two - thirds vote to expel a member of either House ; another , that a two - thirds vote is ...
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