True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 100
er sucha victory won bya new lawyer ?It was the firstspeech PatrickHenry ever made,and it was un-doubtedly one ofthe greatestspeeches ever de-livered in theworld before acourt. At its closethe people, whohad hung theirheads in shame atthe beginning,rushed into thecourthouse, seizedthe young… … PATRICK HENRY MAKING HIS SPEECH BEFORE THE HOUSEOF BURGESSES. io2 PATRICK HENRY Patrick Henry had at last found the calling for which hewas intended, and to which he was suited. From this timeforward he was the greatest lawyer, not only in HanoverCourthouse, but of all Virginia. He had all the…
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