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... spirits . In his last public speech , which I heard , the cele- brated Red Jacket remarked - My speeches have one good quality - THEY ARE SHORT . Dr. Cotton Mather placed over the door of his office , BE SHORT . These two words should ...
... spirits . In his last public speech , which I heard , the cele- brated Red Jacket remarked - My speeches have one good quality - THEY ARE SHORT . Dr. Cotton Mather placed over the door of his office , BE SHORT . These two words should ...
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... spirit - and no one can tell how soon we shall be run off the track , and be dashed in pieces . Aristocracy is also contributing largely to swell the upper current , and is doing much to destroy the repub- lican simplicity of " 76 ...
... spirit - and no one can tell how soon we shall be run off the track , and be dashed in pieces . Aristocracy is also contributing largely to swell the upper current , and is doing much to destroy the repub- lican simplicity of " 76 ...
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... spirit free , closing a toilsome career of infelicity ; opening the door of im- mortal happiness , returning the soul to its own , origi- nal , and glorious home ; to go no more out forever . Not to become familiar with death , is to ...
... spirit free , closing a toilsome career of infelicity ; opening the door of im- mortal happiness , returning the soul to its own , origi- nal , and glorious home ; to go no more out forever . Not to become familiar with death , is to ...
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... spirit , that studies the rule of loss and gain , more than the Bible ; it is not that jealousy , that keeps a feline watch over all around , and distrusts every one ; it is not that cunning , that pre- fers intrigue to manly openness ...
... spirit , that studies the rule of loss and gain , more than the Bible ; it is not that jealousy , that keeps a feline watch over all around , and distrusts every one ; it is not that cunning , that pre- fers intrigue to manly openness ...
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... spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward - right onward to his object - this , this is eloquence , or rather , it is some- thing greater than eloquence — it is ...
... spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward - right onward to his object - this , this is eloquence , or rather , it is some- thing greater than eloquence — it is ...
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