The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorial Character, and His Great Speech on KansasH. Dayton, 1858 - 329 páginas |
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... principles , the feel- ings of our common nature , rise in rebellion against it . to the understanding or to the heart , the sentence is the In vain you tell me of laws that sanction such a claim ! all the enactments of human codes ...
... principles , the feel- ings of our common nature , rise in rebellion against it . to the understanding or to the heart , the sentence is the In vain you tell me of laws that sanction such a claim ! all the enactments of human codes ...
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... expressions of ancient and modern writers , and these have been of eminent service to him while illustrating , defending , and enforcing the grand principles of justice and freedom . As we shall yet have occasion to see , his 16 MEMOIR OF.
... expressions of ancient and modern writers , and these have been of eminent service to him while illustrating , defending , and enforcing the grand principles of justice and freedom . As we shall yet have occasion to see , his 16 MEMOIR OF.
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... principle . It is thus I remember it ; it was al- ways sunshine to me . Nature , in the larger fea- tures of the landscape , is unchanged ; the river still flows , the woods yield their shade as plea- santly as they did thirty years ago ...
... principle . It is thus I remember it ; it was al- ways sunshine to me . Nature , in the larger fea- tures of the landscape , is unchanged ; the river still flows , the woods yield their shade as plea- santly as they did thirty years ago ...
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... principles of Fox , and it has been said , that he drew from this source the most inspiring strains of his eloquence ... principle , we repeat , has stirred the spirit of Charles Sumner , and been the occasion of some of his grandest ...
... principles of Fox , and it has been said , that he drew from this source the most inspiring strains of his eloquence ... principle , we repeat , has stirred the spirit of Charles Sumner , and been the occasion of some of his grandest ...
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... principles of liberty . In tones of glowing eloquence the speaker ex- claimed : " I cannot banish from my view the great shame and wrong of slavery . The Judges of our courts have declared it to be contrary to the law of na- ture ...
... principles of liberty . In tones of glowing eloquence the speaker ex- claimed : " I cannot banish from my view the great shame and wrong of slavery . The Judges of our courts have declared it to be contrary to the law of na- ture ...
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