Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... Senate , of the treaty with Spain , and in the universal satisfaction at that event , throughout the United States , a decisive proof how un- founded were the suspicious propagation among them of a policy in the general government and ...
... Senate , of the treaty with Spain , and in the universal satisfaction at that event , throughout the United States , a decisive proof how un- founded were the suspicious propagation among them of a policy in the general government and ...
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... senator from Massachusetts , made his famous reply . He had had only the intervening night in which to make formal ... Senate Chamber have come down through the long years of political conflict and civil war and at last have become ...
... senator from Massachusetts , made his famous reply . He had had only the intervening night in which to make formal ... Senate Chamber have come down through the long years of political conflict and civil war and at last have become ...
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... which is able to raise mortals to the skies , I have yet none , as I trust , of that other spirit which would drag angels down . When I shall be found , sir , in my place 3 here in the Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer 144 DANIEL WEBSTER.
... which is able to raise mortals to the skies , I have yet none , as I trust , of that other spirit which would drag angels down . When I shall be found , sir , in my place 3 here in the Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer 144 DANIEL WEBSTER.
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... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own state or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to ...
... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own state or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to ...
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... Senate , and House of Representa- tives , is a popular government . It leaves it still all its popular character . The governor of a State ( in some of the States ) is chosen , not directly by the people , but by those who are chosen by ...
... Senate , and House of Representa- tives , is a popular government . It leaves it still all its popular character . The governor of a State ( in some of the States ) is chosen , not directly by the people , but by those who are chosen by ...
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