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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Page viii
... audience and the occasion . He plans by making use of every resource in his power to meet the forces of evil as they assail him , step by step . He may fail ; but if his cause is essential to the progress of liberty and democracy , the ...
... audience and the occasion . He plans by making use of every resource in his power to meet the forces of evil as they assail him , step by step . He may fail ; but if his cause is essential to the progress of liberty and democracy , the ...
Page xi
... audience that listened to the message of the orator when it was first spoken , the teacher should use each speech as a basis for exercises in oral English . Through oral reading or declamation the class should discover that an oration ...
... audience that listened to the message of the orator when it was first spoken , the teacher should use each speech as a basis for exercises in oral English . Through oral reading or declamation the class should discover that an oration ...
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... audience appeared to go away , as I did , ready to take up arms against the writs of assistance . Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain . " At the conclusion of his ...
... audience appeared to go away , as I did , ready to take up arms against the writs of assistance . Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain . " At the conclusion of his ...
Page 93
... what you do of the audience and Burke's speech , how do you account for the fact that the House of Commons rejected his plan by a vote of 270 to 78 ? LIBERTY OR DEATH March 23 , 1775 ON March 23 CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 93.
... what you do of the audience and Burke's speech , how do you account for the fact that the House of Commons rejected his plan by a vote of 270 to 78 ? LIBERTY OR DEATH March 23 , 1775 ON March 23 CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 93.
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... audience . Five days previously , Henry had spoken of war with England as inevitable , and had introduced resolutions for defense . Many of the ablest men in the colonies considered this action premature . Many conceded that war was ...
... audience . Five days previously , Henry had spoken of war with England as inevitable , and had introduced resolutions for defense . Many of the ablest men in the colonies considered this action premature . Many conceded that war was ...
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