The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - 329 páginas |
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... declaration of the noble sentiments of its author on an important question , and a glorious defence of Liberty in an oppressed Territory . It is full of the beautiful and sublime , grand in its diction , rich and in- structive in its ...
... declaration of the noble sentiments of its author on an important question , and a glorious defence of Liberty in an oppressed Territory . It is full of the beautiful and sublime , grand in its diction , rich and in- structive in its ...
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... declared that Mr. Sum- ner was " the only person in the country compe- tent to succeed Story . " Mr. Sumner early espoused the cause of freedom -a cause which he has never ceased to vindicate , and which , to his noble , generous soul ...
... declared that Mr. Sum- ner was " the only person in the country compe- tent to succeed Story . " Mr. Sumner early espoused the cause of freedom -a cause which he has never ceased to vindicate , and which , to his noble , generous soul ...
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... declared it to be contrary to the law of na- ture , finding its support only in the positive enact- ments of men . Its horrors who can tell ? Lan- guage fails in the vain effort to depict them . A " By the proposed measure , we not only ...
... declared it to be contrary to the law of na- ture , finding its support only in the positive enact- ments of men . Its horrors who can tell ? Lan- guage fails in the vain effort to depict them . A " By the proposed measure , we not only ...
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... declare that the remainder of the Constitution may be amended . Already , since its adoption , twelve amendments have been made , and every year produces new projects . It has been pressed on the floor of Con- gress to abrogate the ...
... declare that the remainder of the Constitution may be amended . Already , since its adoption , twelve amendments have been made , and every year produces new projects . It has been pressed on the floor of Con- gress to abrogate the ...
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... declared , is a conquest of which the whole human family are partakers . It extends by so much their dominion , while it lessens by so much the sphere of their future struggles and trials . Thus it is , while nature is always the same ...
... declared , is a conquest of which the whole human family are partakers . It extends by so much their dominion , while it lessens by so much the sphere of their future struggles and trials . Thus it is , while nature is always the same ...
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