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The eloquent New Yorker, his clear, tenor voice trembling with emotion, fought the battle on the highest moral grounds.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “The eloquent New Yorker, his clear, tenor voice trembling with emotion, fought the battle on the highest moral grounds.”
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This passage highlights the emotional and moral fervor of a speaker advocating for a political cause.
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He writes of the Filipinos as he found them, and with the knack of the true investigator, has avoided falling in with the political views of any party or faction.
In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires....
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