The World's Best Orations
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ISBN13: 9780217617635
Paperback|9780217617635
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS (1818-) Iilliam Maxwell Evarts was born in Boston, February 6th, 1818, and educated at Yale, where he graduated in 1837. Three years later he was admitted to the New York bar, where for nearly half a century he held a distinguished place. His knowledge of the principles of law and of constitutional government led to his selection as counsel for President Johnson at the impeachment trial in 1868. He conducted the defense with great ability, and, after the close of the trial, served as Attorney-General, from 1868 to 1869, in President Johnson's Cabinet. In 1872 he was counsel for the United States before the Geneva tribunal, and in 1877 he represented the Republican party before the Electoral Commission. He served four years as Secretary of State in the Hayes Cabinet (1877-81), and six years (1885-91) as United States Senator from New York. During this period, he was frequently discussed as a candidate for the Presidency, but he was much greater in law than in politics, and though he won great successes at the bar with apparent ease, his political successes were seemingly either wholly accidental or else a result of his greatness as a lawyer. As an orator, he was perhaps unduly celebrated for the length of his sentences; but however long they may be, they are seldom involved, and the easy fluidity of his style is well worth study. THE WEAKEST SPOT OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM (From the Speech for the Defense at the Impeachment of President Johnson) There are in the Constitution but three barriers against the will of a majority of Congress within the terms of their authority. One is that it requires a two-thirds vote to expel a Member of either house; another that a two-thirds vote is necessary to pass a law over the objections of the President; and ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217617635 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217617638 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 In |
| List Price | $24.11 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 164 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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