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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... Union . Beecher's most difficult task at Liverpool was not to control his visible opponents who sought to break up the meeting , but to induce his hearers to forego their own personal profit for the sake of moral ideals . The purpose of ...
... Union . Beecher's most difficult task at Liverpool was not to control his visible opponents who sought to break up the meeting , but to induce his hearers to forego their own personal profit for the sake of moral ideals . The purpose of ...
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... union of communities , I can scarcely conceive anything more completely imprudent than for the head of the empire to insist that , if any privilege is pleaded against his will or his acts , his whole authority is denied , instantly to ...
... union of communities , I can scarcely conceive anything more completely imprudent than for the head of the empire to insist that , if any privilege is pleaded against his will or his acts , his whole authority is denied , instantly to ...
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... union of the whole . Everything was sweetly and harmoniously disposed through both islands for the conservation of English dominion and the communication of English liberties . I do not see that the same principles might not be carried ...
... union of the whole . Everything was sweetly and harmoniously disposed through both islands for the conservation of English dominion and the communication of English liberties . I do not see that the same principles might not be carried ...
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... union of the colonies than for establish- ing a revenue . He confessed he apprehended that his proposal would not be to their taste . I say this scheme of disunion seems to be at the bottom of the project ; for I will not suspect that ...
... union of the colonies than for establish- ing a revenue . He confessed he apprehended that his proposal would not be to their taste . I say this scheme of disunion seems to be at the bottom of the project ; for I will not suspect that ...
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... union of the colonies as the very foundation of my plan , it can not accord with one whose foundation is perpetual discord . 135. Compare the two . This I offer to give you is plain and simple . The other full of perplexed and intri ...
... union of the colonies as the very foundation of my plan , it can not accord with one whose foundation is perpetual discord . 135. Compare the two . This I offer to give you is plain and simple . The other full of perplexed and intri ...
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