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" The voice of humanity issues from the shade of the wilderness: it exclaims, that, while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination... "
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 - Page 27
by Michael R. Beschloss - 2007 - 400 pages
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 526 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of their wilderness. It exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 524 pages
...great effort of the imagination to conceive, that events so near are already begun. I can fancy that I listen to the yells of savage vengeance, and the shrieks of torture. Already they seem to sigh in the west wind—already they mingle with every echo from the mountains....
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of their wilderness. It exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitations: Founded on the Enquiry in the ...

John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...great effort of the imagination to conceive that events so near are already begun. I can fancy that I listen to the yells of savage vengeance, and the shrieks of torture. Already they seem to sigh in the west wind; already they mingle with every echo from the mountain....
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 558 pages
...no great effort of the imagination to conceive, that events so near, are already begun. I fancy that I listen to the yells of savage vengeance, and the shrieks of torture. Already they seem to sigh in the western wind — already they mingle with every echo from the mountains."...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voiee of humanity issues from the shade of the wilderness. It exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...complaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of the wilderness: it exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. 283 listen to the yells of savage vengeance and the shrieks of torture: already they seem to sigh in...
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The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and ...

1832 - 478 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of the wilderness : it exclaims that, while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It 32 * our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to conceive...
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American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans

1836 - 550 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of their wilderness. It exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to...
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American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans

1836 - 552 pages
...uncomplaining sacrifice. The voice of humanity issues from the shade of their wilderness. It exclaims, that while one hand is held up to reject this treaty, the other grasps a tomahawk. It summons our imagination to the scenes that will open. It is no great effort of the imagination to...
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