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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... land like a dark thunder cloud whose lightnings were for a while withheld , the voice of the orator was heard in the land , dealing stren- uously with the threatening issues which were soon to burst out in devastating storm , and after ...
... land like a dark thunder cloud whose lightnings were for a while withheld , the voice of the orator was heard in the land , dealing stren- uously with the threatening issues which were soon to burst out in devastating storm , and after ...
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... land . He is no benefactor , nor deserving of honor , whatever may be his worldly renown , whose life is passed in acts of force , who renounces the great law of Christian brotherhood ; whose vocation is blood ; who triumphs in battle ...
... land . He is no benefactor , nor deserving of honor , whatever may be his worldly renown , whose life is passed in acts of force , who renounces the great law of Christian brotherhood ; whose vocation is blood ; who triumphs in battle ...
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... land of liberty beyond the seas was Carl Schurz , who came to the United States in 1852 , finding a new home in Wisconsin . In this country he has been free to express his progressive sentiments , and has been very active in political ...
... land of liberty beyond the seas was Carl Schurz , who came to the United States in 1852 , finding a new home in Wisconsin . In this country he has been free to express his progressive sentiments , and has been very active in political ...
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... land ; that we are groaning under terrible burdens which the rebellion has loaded upon us ; and that , therefore , part of the punishment has fallen upon the innocent . And it is certainly true . But look at the difference . We issued ...
... land ; that we are groaning under terrible burdens which the rebellion has loaded upon us ; and that , therefore , part of the punishment has fallen upon the innocent . And it is certainly true . But look at the difference . We issued ...
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... land , and his speeches did much to allay prejudice and draw the North and South into a closer union . THE NEW SOUTH [ The address , from the closing part of which we offer a selection , was delivered in 1887 , at the annual banquet of ...
... land , and his speeches did much to allay prejudice and draw the North and South into a closer union . THE NEW SOUTH [ The address , from the closing part of which we offer a selection , was delivered in 1887 , at the annual banquet of ...
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