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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... tion of his oratorical character . The dates and circumstances connected with the delivery of his numerous orations and speeches are given , with comments on the passages quoted , particularly with regard to the style , the grandeur of ...
... tion of his oratorical character . The dates and circumstances connected with the delivery of his numerous orations and speeches are given , with comments on the passages quoted , particularly with regard to the style , the grandeur of ...
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... tion was now turned to the study of juridical sci- ence . Not trusting to genius alone , he inured hist mind to incessant and hard study , and read all the legal authors of value which he met with . His labor in this respect was truly ...
... tion was now turned to the study of juridical sci- ence . Not trusting to genius alone , he inured hist mind to incessant and hard study , and read all the legal authors of value which he met with . His labor in this respect was truly ...
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... tion to some single but great object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts ...
... tion to some single but great object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts ...
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... his profession in his native city . He , however , did not engage in an extensive legal practice , as his chief atten- tion at this time was turned to the science or lite- rature of the law , a subject which , to HON . CHARLES SUMNER . 31.
... his profession in his native city . He , however , did not engage in an extensive legal practice , as his chief atten- tion at this time was turned to the science or lite- rature of the law , a subject which , to HON . CHARLES SUMNER . 31.
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... tion , and classical beauty . I go earnestly and heartily along with many of your sentiments and opinions . They are such as befit an exalted mind . and an enlarged benevolence . But from the length and breadth of your doctrine as to ...
... tion , and classical beauty . I go earnestly and heartily along with many of your sentiments and opinions . They are such as befit an exalted mind . and an enlarged benevolence . But from the length and breadth of your doctrine as to ...
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