The Forms of Public AddressGeorge Pierce Baker H. Holt, 1904 - 472 páginas |
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... success intellectually is possible only through knowledge of certain principles and the intelligent application of those prin- ciples under varying conditions . Recognition of these ideas sends them to a course in debating enthusiastic ...
... success intellectually is possible only through knowledge of certain principles and the intelligent application of those prin- ciples under varying conditions . Recognition of these ideas sends them to a course in debating enthusiastic ...
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... successful in the past , and as closely as possible , copied them . Begin with platitudes , no matter how remote from the subject ; continue either with sen- tences which , crackling like a fusillade of musketry , might have come from ...
... successful in the past , and as closely as possible , copied them . Begin with platitudes , no matter how remote from the subject ; continue either with sen- tences which , crackling like a fusillade of musketry , might have come from ...
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... success of the address as of the argument . As to persuasion , - not only the mere excitation for which solely it too commonly stands in the public mind , but also every means by which the speaker has adapted his material to his ...
... success of the address as of the argument . As to persuasion , - not only the mere excitation for which solely it too commonly stands in the public mind , but also every means by which the speaker has adapted his material to his ...
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... success than a Grant , Sherman , or 5 Sheridan , who were soldiers by education and nature , who filled well their office when the country was in danger , but were not schooled in the practices by which civil communities are , and ...
... success than a Grant , Sherman , or 5 Sheridan , who were soldiers by education and nature , who filled well their office when the country was in danger , but were not schooled in the practices by which civil communities are , and ...
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... success should offer a more propitious time for issuing it . ] But the circumstances surround- ing him did not permit his making [ his plans ] known , and he was compelled to keep up an appearance of indecision which only brought 20 ...
... success should offer a more propitious time for issuing it . ] But the circumstances surround- ing him did not permit his making [ his plans ] known , and he was compelled to keep up an appearance of indecision which only brought 20 ...
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Página 228 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 229 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Página 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Página 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 232 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government and to collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 239 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.