Three Centuries of American Rhetorical Discourse: An Anthology and a ReviewRonald Forrest Reid |
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... House Divided " speech , some historians interpret it as two speeches in one . They see the brief first section ( which contains the famous " house divided " line ) as an abstract statement of moral principle and the second as a ...
... House Divided " speech , some historians interpret it as two speeches in one . They see the brief first section ( which contains the famous " house divided " line ) as an abstract statement of moral principle and the second as a ...
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... Houses of Congress and the concurrence of the President could do it . If the Senate admitted their Senators , and the House their members , it would have no effect on the future action of Congress . The Fortieth Congress might reject ...
... Houses of Congress and the concurrence of the President could do it . If the Senate admitted their Senators , and the House their members , it would have no effect on the future action of Congress . The Fortieth Congress might reject ...
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... House to proceed to that work without discussion , and to commit it almost exclusively , if not entirely , to the joint committee raised by the two Houses for the consideration of that subject . But , sir , I must say that I was glad ...
... House to proceed to that work without discussion , and to commit it almost exclusively , if not entirely , to the joint committee raised by the two Houses for the consideration of that subject . But , sir , I must say that I was glad ...
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Puritan Preaching and the American | 35 |
Abrahams Offering Up His Son Isaac | 54 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | 65 |
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