Five-minute Declamations, Volume 2Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1899 - Recitations |
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... inspiration of patriotism ! By it how many have sworn fealty to their country ! What bursts of magnificent eloquence it has called forth from Webster and from Everett ! What lyric strains of poetry from Drake and Holmes ! How many ...
... inspiration of patriotism ! By it how many have sworn fealty to their country ! What bursts of magnificent eloquence it has called forth from Webster and from Everett ! What lyric strains of poetry from Drake and Holmes ! How many ...
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... inspired , perhaps , in some degree by Latin example , we have done what no race , no nation , no age , had before dared even to try . We have founded a republic on the unlimited suffrage of millions . We have actu- ally worked out the ...
... inspired , perhaps , in some degree by Latin example , we have done what no race , no nation , no age , had before dared even to try . We have founded a republic on the unlimited suffrage of millions . We have actu- ally worked out the ...
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... Inspired by a love of country and a deep sense of obligation to perform every public duty , being themselves the creators of all the agencies and forces to execute their own will , and choosing from themselves their representatives to ...
... Inspired by a love of country and a deep sense of obligation to perform every public duty , being themselves the creators of all the agencies and forces to execute their own will , and choosing from themselves their representatives to ...
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... inspiration in the soul and prompts men to great and heroic and abiding action in behalf of their country- democracy , first , then , is the spirit of nationality , it is the sense that we are all Americans of America and that we love ...
... inspiration in the soul and prompts men to great and heroic and abiding action in behalf of their country- democracy , first , then , is the spirit of nationality , it is the sense that we are all Americans of America and that we love ...
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... inspiration of Americanism ; but because they are free and independent American citizens they will as long as their love and veneration for their government shall last revolt against the domination of any political party which intrusted ...
... inspiration of Americanism ; but because they are free and independent American citizens they will as long as their love and veneration for their government shall last revolt against the domination of any political party which intrusted ...
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