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Page 104
... speeches . Sometimes this was undoubtedly helpful to an audience , if the legal phraseology was simple enough ; for example , in the Cooper Union speech he said , “ You say we are sectional . We deny it . That makes an issue ; and the ...
... speeches . Sometimes this was undoubtedly helpful to an audience , if the legal phraseology was simple enough ; for example , in the Cooper Union speech he said , “ You say we are sectional . We deny it . That makes an issue ; and the ...
Page 112
... speech is some 14,000 words long . This makes the speech of several hours ' duration , very possibly a longer speech than anyone of our contemporary generation has ever heard . His subject was the Kansas - Nebraska Act and the repeal of ...
... speech is some 14,000 words long . This makes the speech of several hours ' duration , very possibly a longer speech than anyone of our contemporary generation has ever heard . His subject was the Kansas - Nebraska Act and the repeal of ...
Page 124
... speech , and , in the language of the lawyers , as he had twice read the speech , and still had put in no plea or answer , I took a default on him . ” His language of demurrer to a " plea " by Douglas and his denial " like an answer in ...
... speech , and , in the language of the lawyers , as he had twice read the speech , and still had put in no plea or answer , I took a default on him . ” His language of demurrer to a " plea " by Douglas and his denial " like an answer in ...
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