Orations and Speeches on Various OccasionsAmerican stationers' Company, 1836 - 637 pages |
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... liberty . In ancient and modern history , there is no example , before our own , of a purely elective and representative system . It is on an entirely novel plan , that , in this country , the whole direction and influence of affairs ...
... liberty . In ancient and modern history , there is no example , before our own , of a purely elective and representative system . It is on an entirely novel plan , that , in this country , the whole direction and influence of affairs ...
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... liberty . The greatest efforts of human genius have been made , where the nearest approach to free institutions has taken place . There shone not forth one ray of intel- lectual light , to cheer the long and gloomy ages of the Memphian ...
... liberty . The greatest efforts of human genius have been made , where the nearest approach to free institutions has taken place . There shone not forth one ray of intel- lectual light , to cheer the long and gloomy ages of the Memphian ...
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... liberty did burst forth from the lips of Cicero , her form had not yet lost all its original brightness , ' her inspiration produced in him the only specimens of a purely original literature , which Rome has transmitted to us . After ...
... liberty did burst forth from the lips of Cicero , her form had not yet lost all its original brightness , ' her inspiration produced in him the only specimens of a purely original literature , which Rome has transmitted to us . After ...
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... liberty , which here prevails , be thus favorable to intellectual progress , various other conditions of our national existence are not less so , particularly the extension of one language , government , and character over so vast a ...
... liberty , which here prevails , be thus favorable to intellectual progress , various other conditions of our national existence are not less so , particularly the extension of one language , government , and character over so vast a ...
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... liberty , who laughs at our little preconceptions , and with the breath of his mouth , sweeps before him the men and the nations , that cross his path . By an unconscious instinct , the mind in the strong action of its powers , adapts ...
... liberty , who laughs at our little preconceptions , and with the breath of his mouth , sweeps before him the men and the nations , that cross his path . By an unconscious instinct , the mind in the strong action of its powers , adapts ...
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