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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... fighting for . Certainly it is , if fighting a people be the best way of gaining them . Gentlemen in this respect will be led to their choice of means by their complexions and their habits . Those who understand the military art will of ...
... fighting for . Certainly it is , if fighting a people be the best way of gaining them . Gentlemen in this respect will be led to their choice of means by their complexions and their habits . Those who understand the military art will of ...
Page 97
... fight ! I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us , sir , that we are weak - unable to cope with so formidable an adversary . But when shall we be • stronger ...
... fight ! I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us , sir , that we are weak - unable to cope with so formidable an adversary . But when shall we be • stronger ...
Page 98
... fight our battles alone . There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations , and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active ...
... fight our battles alone . There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations , and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active ...
Page 100
... fight battles that became defeats . But at last the righteousness of the cause and his indomita- ble courage prevailed . In the course of six years he led his army through Valley Forge to Yorktown , where in 1781 Cornwallis surrendered ...
... fight battles that became defeats . But at last the righteousness of the cause and his indomita- ble courage prevailed . In the course of six years he led his army through Valley Forge to Yorktown , where in 1781 Cornwallis surrendered ...
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... fight Spain , with the hope of opening up the Mississippi valley . In Pennsylvania the author- ity of the Federal government to lay taxes had been disputed and it took fifteen thousand men to end the uprising . These newer perils ...
... fight Spain , with the hope of opening up the Mississippi valley . In Pennsylvania the author- ity of the Federal government to lay taxes had been disputed and it took fifteen thousand men to end the uprising . These newer perils ...
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