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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... blood , it is the manifest duty of live men now to teach everywhere . In schools and colleges instruction in patriotism can well be based on a study of the great speeches which step by step mark the world's progress toward democracy ...
... blood , it is the manifest duty of live men now to teach everywhere . In schools and colleges instruction in patriotism can well be based on a study of the great speeches which step by step mark the world's progress toward democracy ...
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... blood and sweat . Through the words of the orator he learns to value the inheritance handed down to him from the past and gains a personal appreciation of the serv- ices of those master minds whose heroic struggles have helped to make ...
... blood and sweat . Through the words of the orator he learns to value the inheritance handed down to him from the past and gains a personal appreciation of the serv- ices of those master minds whose heroic struggles have helped to make ...
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... wills on their exploits , and then with their virtuous blood running in our own veins , let us bravely turn to face the task and the menace of our own day . " JOHN HENRY JOWETT WRITS OF ASSISTANCE February , 1761 AMERICA was settled ...
... wills on their exploits , and then with their virtuous blood running in our own veins , let us bravely turn to face the task and the menace of our own day . " JOHN HENRY JOWETT WRITS OF ASSISTANCE February , 1761 AMERICA was settled ...
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... blood . " In a brief statement tell how British liberty , according to Otis , was threatened by the use of writs of assistance . Discuss the principle " A man's house is his castle . " Has it any recognition in modern law ? Was Otis's ...
... blood . " In a brief statement tell how British liberty , according to Otis , was threatened by the use of writs of assistance . Discuss the principle " A man's house is his castle . " Has it any recognition in modern law ? Was Otis's ...
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... blood , and a horrible futurity . But before this be allowed them , before the signal of civil war be given , before they are permitted to force Englishmen to sheathe their swords in the bowels of their fellow - subjects , I hope this ...
... blood , and a horrible futurity . But before this be allowed them , before the signal of civil war be given , before they are permitted to force Englishmen to sheathe their swords in the bowels of their fellow - subjects , I hope this ...
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