The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution; Consisting of Prose, Poetry and Dialogue: Drawn Chiefly from the Most Approved Writers of Great Britain and America ... |
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... genius itself then feels rebuked and sub- dued , as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriot- ism is eloquent ; then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high ...
... genius itself then feels rebuked and sub- dued , as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriot- ism is eloquent ; then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high ...
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... Genius is unequal to the task . 11. A CENTURY FROM THE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON.- -Webster -- Gentlemen , we are at the point of a century from the birth of Washington ; and what a century it has been ! During its course , the human mind has ...
... Genius is unequal to the task . 11. A CENTURY FROM THE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON.- -Webster -- Gentlemen , we are at the point of a century from the birth of Washington ; and what a century it has been ! During its course , the human mind has ...
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... genius of Stewart ! Student , merchant , or mechanic , do you seek usefulness ? -Consult the pages of Black and of Adam Smith . Grave barrister ! would you know the law - the true , the sole expression of the people's will ? -There ...
... genius of Stewart ! Student , merchant , or mechanic , do you seek usefulness ? -Consult the pages of Black and of Adam Smith . Grave barrister ! would you know the law - the true , the sole expression of the people's will ? -There ...
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... genius ! who delight in bold and magnificent speculation , in the Bible you have a new world of ideas opened to your range . Vota- ries of eloquence ! in the Bible you will find the grandest thoughts clothed in a simple majesty , worthy ...
... genius ! who delight in bold and magnificent speculation , in the Bible you have a new world of ideas opened to your range . Vota- ries of eloquence ! in the Bible you will find the grandest thoughts clothed in a simple majesty , worthy ...
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... genius can absolve you . Genius , unexerted , is like the poor moth that flutters around a candle till it scorches itself to death . If genius be desirable at all , it is only of that great and magnan- imous kind , which , like the ...
... genius can absolve you . Genius , unexerted , is like the poor moth that flutters around a candle till it scorches itself to death . If genius be desirable at all , it is only of that great and magnan- imous kind , which , like the ...
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