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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... object of the study of these speeches , we must remember , is not mere increased facility in English , important as that is , but fuller appreciation of the worth of democracy and deeper devotion to the duties of citizenship . Students ...
... object of the study of these speeches , we must remember , is not mere increased facility in English , important as that is , but fuller appreciation of the worth of democracy and deeper devotion to the duties of citizenship . Students ...
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... object depending which strongly engages their hopes and fears should be somewhat inclined to super- stition . As I came into the House , full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to my infinite surprise , that the grand ...
... object depending which strongly engages their hopes and fears should be somewhat inclined to super- stition . As I came into the House , full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to my infinite surprise , that the grand ...
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... object of parlia- mentary attention . My little share in this great deliberation oppressed me . I found myself a ... objects , made during this interval more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified ...
... object of parlia- mentary attention . My little share in this great deliberation oppressed me . I found myself a ... objects , made during this interval more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified ...
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... object which we have before us , because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must govern America according to that nature and to those circum- stances , and not according to our own imaginations , not according to ...
... object which we have before us , because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must govern America according to that nature and to those circum- stances , and not according to our own imaginations , not according to ...
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... object . It will show you that it is not to be considered as one of those minima which are out of the eye and consideration of the law ; not a paltry excrescence of the state ; not a mean dependent , who may be neglected with little ...
... object . It will show you that it is not to be considered as one of those minima which are out of the eye and consideration of the law ; not a paltry excrescence of the state ; not a mean dependent , who may be neglected with little ...
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