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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... speak , he takes into consideration all the elements of his 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 ...
... speak , he takes into consideration all the elements of his 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 ...
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... speak . The exact nature and force of the opposition , and whatever defines the audi- ence and gives it its character and sympathies , should also be clear . With this data at his disposal , the stu- dent will be in a position both to ...
... speak . The exact nature and force of the opposition , and whatever defines the audi- ence and gives it its character and sympathies , should also be clear . With this data at his disposal , the stu- dent will be in a position both to ...
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... speak with decency of every act of this House ; but I must beg the indulgence of the House to speak of it with freedom . I hope a day may soon be appointed to consider the state of the nation with respect to America . I hope gen- tlemen ...
... speak with decency of every act of this House ; but I must beg the indulgence of the House to speak of it with freedom . I hope a day may soon be appointed to consider the state of the nation with respect to America . I hope gen- tlemen ...
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... speak it was clearly evident that America and the Mother Country were on the verge of war . On February 6 , 1775 , when WAR WITH AMERICA JOHN WILKES I AM surprised that in a business of so much moment as this before the House ...
... speak it was clearly evident that America and the Mother Country were on the verge of war . On February 6 , 1775 , when WAR WITH AMERICA JOHN WILKES I AM surprised that in a business of so much moment as this before the House ...
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... speak the plain truth , I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of 3 paper government , nor of any politics in which the plan is to be wholly separated from the execution . But when I saw that anger and violence ...
... speak the plain truth , I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of 3 paper government , nor of any politics in which the plan is to be wholly separated from the execution . But when I saw that anger and violence ...
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