The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the Most Orators and Poets; Intended as Exercises for Declamation in Colleges and Schools |
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... . If we cher- ish the virtues and the principles of our fathers , Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human THE ULTIMA THULE . 15 happiness Auspicious omens cheer us 14 THE BOOK OF ELOQUENCE .
... . If we cher- ish the virtues and the principles of our fathers , Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human THE ULTIMA THULE . 15 happiness Auspicious omens cheer us 14 THE BOOK OF ELOQUENCE .
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... principles and laws exercise , throughout its vast dominion , a peaceful and irresist ible sway , blending in one divine harmony , such various habits and conflicting opinions ; and mingling in our institu- tions the light of philosophy ...
... principles and laws exercise , throughout its vast dominion , a peaceful and irresist ible sway , blending in one divine harmony , such various habits and conflicting opinions ; and mingling in our institu- tions the light of philosophy ...
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... principle , unsupported by experience . Point out to those who make it , the illustrious characters who have reaped in every age the highest honors of studious and active exertion . Show them Demosthenes , forging by the light of the ...
... principle , unsupported by experience . Point out to those who make it , the illustrious characters who have reaped in every age the highest honors of studious and active exertion . Show them Demosthenes , forging by the light of the ...
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... principles to the very sanctuary of home and the fireside , and determining for every man the measure of ... principle , an undivided feeling ; not of a fragment , a section , but of the whole country . Union was the arch on which they ...
... principles to the very sanctuary of home and the fireside , and determining for every man the measure of ... principle , an undivided feeling ; not of a fragment , a section , but of the whole country . Union was the arch on which they ...
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... principle as the great modern improvement in legislation , and of itself sufficient to secure liberty . I cannot regard it in the light in which he does . Instead of modern , it is of remote origin , and has existed in greater or less ...
... principle as the great modern improvement in legislation , and of itself sufficient to secure liberty . I cannot regard it in the light in which he does . Instead of modern , it is of remote origin , and has existed in greater or less ...
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