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The regrets caused by the death of this great man , the memories aroused by
these regrets , and a proper veneration for all that is held dear and sacred by
mankind , impel us to give expression to our sentiments by taking part in an event
...
The regrets caused by the death of this great man , the memories aroused by
these regrets , and a proper veneration for all that is held dear and sacred by
mankind , impel us to give expression to our sentiments by taking part in an event
...
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for the same event which had caused the armies of France to wear the customary
badges of mourning . If some " traveller from an antique land ” had observed
these manifestations , he would have wondered much whose memory it was that
...
for the same event which had caused the armies of France to wear the customary
badges of mourning . If some " traveller from an antique land ” had observed
these manifestations , he would have wondered much whose memory it was that
...
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Let some man arise great above the ordinary bounds of greatness , and the
feeling which caused our progenitors to bow down at the shrines of their
forefathers and chiefs leads us to invest our modern hero with a mythical
character , and ...
Let some man arise great above the ordinary bounds of greatness , and the
feeling which caused our progenitors to bow down at the shrines of their
forefathers and chiefs leads us to invest our modern hero with a mythical
character , and ...
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... who was developed from the wide sale of his book . When this idea took
definite and permanent shape it caused a reaction . There was a revolt against it ,
for the hero thus engendered had qualities which the national 10
INTRODUCTION .
... who was developed from the wide sale of his book . When this idea took
definite and permanent shape it caused a reaction . There was a revolt against it ,
for the hero thus engendered had qualities which the national 10
INTRODUCTION .
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There is , indeed , no indication that the Virginians had any great love for
intellectual exertion . When the amiable attorney - general of Charles II . said to
the Virginian commissions ers , pleading the cause of learning and religion , 22
GEORGE ...
There is , indeed , no indication that the Virginians had any great love for
intellectual exertion . When the amiable attorney - general of Charles II . said to
the Virginian commissions ers , pleading the cause of learning and religion , 22
GEORGE ...
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