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... feeling . " When Theodore Parker found his clerical brethren refusing to exchange pulpits with him , he wrote : " To me it seems as if my life was a failure ; here I am as much an outcast from society as though I were a convicted pirate ...
... feeling . " When Theodore Parker found his clerical brethren refusing to exchange pulpits with him , he wrote : " To me it seems as if my life was a failure ; here I am as much an outcast from society as though I were a convicted pirate ...
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... feeling his coldness re- buked , his selfishness shamed , his hand strengthened for every good purpose ; without feeling lifted for awhile , from his ordinary life , and made to hold communion with higher thoughts and loftier aims ; and ...
... feeling his coldness re- buked , his selfishness shamed , his hand strengthened for every good purpose ; without feeling lifted for awhile , from his ordinary life , and made to hold communion with higher thoughts and loftier aims ; and ...
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... feeling into so small a compass of voice . He is the orator of the colloquial . He is vigorous , keen , rich and apt in illustration , sarcastic , splendid and terrible in invective , aggressive , bold , armed with moral weight and ...
... feeling into so small a compass of voice . He is the orator of the colloquial . He is vigorous , keen , rich and apt in illustration , sarcastic , splendid and terrible in invective , aggressive , bold , armed with moral weight and ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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