The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster: With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English StyleLittle, Brown, 1923 - 707 pages |
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... duty which they im- pose upon us . We hold these institu- tions of government , religion , and learn- ing , to be transmitted , as well as enjoyed . We are in the line of conveyance , through which whatever has been obtained by the ...
... duty which they im- pose upon us . We hold these institu- tions of government , religion , and learn- ing , to be transmitted , as well as enjoyed . We are in the line of conveyance , through which whatever has been obtained by the ...
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... duty of this country . Let it be proved , that we are not called upon , by either of these considerations , to express an opinion on the subject to which the resolution relates . Let this be proved , and then it will indeed be made out ...
... duty of this country . Let it be proved , that we are not called upon , by either of these considerations , to express an opinion on the subject to which the resolution relates . Let this be proved , and then it will indeed be made out ...
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... duty . Besides , we should be guilty of great irreverence towards God , should we suppose that his injunctions had not already laid a sufficient obliga- tion upon us to act justly , unless we ourselves voluntarily consented to the same ...
... duty . Besides , we should be guilty of great irreverence towards God , should we suppose that his injunctions had not already laid a sufficient obliga- tion upon us to act justly , unless we ourselves voluntarily consented to the same ...
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... duty connected with this subject , which I trust we are will- ing to perform . What do we not owe to the cause of civil and religious lib- erty ? to the principle of lawful resist- ance ? to the principle that society has a | right to ...
... duty connected with this subject , which I trust we are will- ing to perform . What do we not owe to the cause of civil and religious lib- erty ? to the principle of lawful resist- ance ? to the principle that society has a | right to ...
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... duty . When we shall have discharged that duty , we may leave the rest to the disposition of Providence . AL I do not see how it can be doubted that this measure is entirely pacific . I profess my inability to perceive that it has any ...
... duty . When we shall have discharged that duty , we may leave the rest to the disposition of Providence . AL I do not see how it can be doubted that this measure is entirely pacific . I profess my inability to perceive that it has any ...
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