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Clay was far from being a saint ; but it is our privilege to believe of him that he was a clean , temperate , and studious young man . Richmond , the town of the young Republic that had most in it of the metropolitan , proved to this ...
Clay was far from being a saint ; but it is our privilege to believe of him that he was a clean , temperate , and studious young man . Richmond , the town of the young Republic that had most in it of the metropolitan , proved to this ...
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We have heard much of Whitefield's piercing voice and Patrick Henry's silvery tones , but we cannot believe that either of those natural orators possessed an organ superior to Clay's majestic bass . No one who ever heard him speak will ...
We have heard much of Whitefield's piercing voice and Patrick Henry's silvery tones , but we cannot believe that either of those natural orators possessed an organ superior to Clay's majestic bass . No one who ever heard him speak will ...
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We believe it was from Franklin that he learned very much of the art of managing men . Franklin , we think , aided this impetuous and exaggerating spirit to acquire his habitual moderation of statement , and that sleepless courtesy ...
We believe it was from Franklin that he learned very much of the art of managing men . Franklin , we think , aided this impetuous and exaggerating spirit to acquire his habitual moderation of statement , and that sleepless courtesy ...
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He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it . The galleries , however , were so much crowded with ladies and gentlemen , and such expectations ...
He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it . The galleries , however , were so much crowded with ladies and gentlemen , and such expectations ...
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But , human nature being what it is , and the English government being what it was , we do not believe that the United States could ever have been distinctly recognized as one of the powers of the earth without another fight for it .
But , human nature being what it is , and the English government being what it was , we do not believe that the United States could ever have been distinctly recognized as one of the powers of the earth without another fight for it .
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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