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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... spirit of the past but they are also clothed with the language of art . Just as battles record for the student of military science the crises and conclusions of physical struggles for the world's freedom , so great speeches mark for the ...
... spirit of the past but they are also clothed with the language of art . Just as battles record for the student of military science the crises and conclusions of physical struggles for the world's freedom , so great speeches mark for the ...
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... spirit in their struggles with the foes of progress . For the use of young and imaginative students the best record of history is found in the speeches that helped make it . Unfortunately the record is incom- plete . But where speeches ...
... spirit in their struggles with the foes of progress . For the use of young and imaginative students the best record of history is found in the speeches that helped make it . Unfortunately the record is incom- plete . But where speeches ...
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... spirit and life . Let us seek inspiration at great historic fonts . Seeing that we are com- passed about by so great a cloud of witnesses , the faithful knightly warriors of other days , let us nerve our hearts in their heroisms , let ...
... spirit and life . Let us seek inspiration at great historic fonts . Seeing that we are com- passed about by so great a cloud of witnesses , the faithful knightly warriors of other days , let us nerve our hearts in their heroisms , let ...
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... spirit would do honor to the proudest grandee of the country ? The Americans have not acted in all things with pru- dence and temper ; they have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness by injustice . Will you punish them for the ...
... spirit would do honor to the proudest grandee of the country ? The Americans have not acted in all things with pru- dence and temper ; they have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness by injustice . Will you punish them for the ...
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... boundaries of a complex government . It is simple peace , sought in its natural course and in its ordinary haunts . It is peace sought in 4 the spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 29.
... boundaries of a complex government . It is simple peace , sought in its natural course and in its ordinary haunts . It is peace sought in 4 the spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 29.
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