Selected American Speeches on Basic Issues, 1850-1950Carl G. Brandt, Edward Merl Shafter Essay precedes each speech. |
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Page 293
... thoughts clearly , accurately , strikingly ; he must , in words , develop a style . To be sure , he recognized that ... thought lay accurate ervation , the activity of an alert mind . An idea must not be left ged at the edges , every ...
... thoughts clearly , accurately , strikingly ; he must , in words , develop a style . To be sure , he recognized that ... thought lay accurate ervation , the activity of an alert mind . An idea must not be left ged at the edges , every ...
Page 305
... thought has not been driven s habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the o months , and I do not believe that the thought of the has been altered or clouded by them . I have exactly the ings in mind now that I had in mind ...
... thought has not been driven s habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the o months , and I do not believe that the thought of the has been altered or clouded by them . I have exactly the ings in mind now that I had in mind ...
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... thought best he stand of his party . Virtually immune to party pres- subscribed wholly to Edmund Burke's observation that presentative gives you not his industry only but his judge- nd he betrays you instead of serving you if he ...
... thought best he stand of his party . Virtually immune to party pres- subscribed wholly to Edmund Burke's observation that presentative gives you not his industry only but his judge- nd he betrays you instead of serving you if he ...
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omise Speech of 1850 | 44 |
EBSTER | 72 |
oper Institute Address | 137 |
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