Modern Eloquence: A Library of the World's Best Spoken Thought, Том 11Ashley Horace Thorndike Modern Eloquence Corporation, 1928 |
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... standing before the people seeking a com- mission to act in their behalf is not a figure to be despised . He stands for our form of government at the very sources of authority by which the nation itself acts . Wherever speech is free ...
... standing before the people seeking a com- mission to act in their behalf is not a figure to be despised . He stands for our form of government at the very sources of authority by which the nation itself acts . Wherever speech is free ...
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... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ...
... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ...
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... standing . We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom , since we have been running all about in search of it . We have gone back to ancient history for models of govern- ment , and examined the different forms of those ...
... standing . We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom , since we have been running all about in search of it . We have gone back to ancient history for models of govern- ment , and examined the different forms of those ...
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... provocation ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest , guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why FAREWELL ADDRESS 43.
... provocation ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest , guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why FAREWELL ADDRESS 43.
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... stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by inter- weaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition , rivalship , interest , humor , or caprice ? It is our true policy to ...
... stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by inter- weaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition , rivalship , interest , humor , or caprice ? It is our true policy to ...
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