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Robert M.La Follette Sr. - The Voice of Conscience

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Robert M.La Follette Sr. - The Voice of Conscience

by Carl R. Burgchardt (Author)
Bernard K. Duffy (Foreword)

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ISBN: 9780313258428

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This rhetorical biography analyzes all of the major speeches of the politician, Robert La Follette, Sr, and provides texts demonstrating how Senator La Follette used melodramatic scenarios to enlist citizens in his reform crusade against "the gravest danger" that he saw in America.

This reference provides the texts of five seminal orations and the most complete bibliography of speeches available to date.

ISBN	313258422
ISBN13	9780313258428
Publisher	Greenwood Press
Format	Hardback
Publication date	30/03/1992
Pages	264
Weight (grammes)	599
Published in	United States
Height (mm)	235
Width (mm)	155

Critical Analysis
Introduction
"Iago" and the Evil Principle
Congressman La Follette
The Menacing Machine
Governor La Follette
Senator La Follette
"Willful Men"
"Forward, Progressives!"
Conclusion
Selected Speeches
"Iago" May 7, 1879
"Oleomargarine Speech", June 2, 1886
"The Menace of the Political Machine", February 22, 1897
Governor La Follette's Speech of Acceptance, July 16, 1902
"Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of War", October 6, 1917
Labor Day Address, September 1, 1924
Chronology of Major Speeches.