Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... opinions on the subjects of religion and civil liberty , that influence is likely to continue to be felt through the ... opinion with ancient writers , that they were undertaken in reli- gious obedience to the commands of oracles ; and ...
... opinions on the subjects of religion and civil liberty , that influence is likely to continue to be felt through the ... opinion with ancient writers , that they were undertaken in reli- gious obedience to the commands of oracles ; and ...
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... opinion was , that the great rival of England was chiefly to be feared as a maritime and commercial power , and to drive her out of North America , and deprive her of her West India possessions was a lead- ing object in his policy . He ...
... opinion was , that the great rival of England was chiefly to be feared as a maritime and commercial power , and to drive her out of North America , and deprive her of her West India possessions was a lead- ing object in his policy . He ...
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... opinions and knowledge amongst men , in different nations , existing in a de- gree heretofore unknown . Knowledge has ... opinion of the age . Mind is the great lever of all things ; human thought is the process by which human ends are ...
... opinions and knowledge amongst men , in different nations , existing in a de- gree heretofore unknown . Knowledge has ... opinion of the age . Mind is the great lever of all things ; human thought is the process by which human ends are ...
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... opinions ; and the civilized world seems at last to be proceeding to the conviction of that fundamental and manifest truth ... opinion has attained also an influence over governments , which do not admit the popular principle into their ...
... opinions ; and the civilized world seems at last to be proceeding to the conviction of that fundamental and manifest truth ... opinion has attained also an influence over governments , which do not admit the popular principle into their ...
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... opinion uniformly and strong- ly . " JOHN ADAMS , " said he , in the hearing of him who has now the honor to address you , " JOHN ADAMS was our colossus on the floor . Not graceful , not elegant , not always fluent , in his public ...
... opinion uniformly and strong- ly . " JOHN ADAMS , " said he , in the hearing of him who has now the honor to address you , " JOHN ADAMS was our colossus on the floor . Not graceful , not elegant , not always fluent , in his public ...
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