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Voices of Democracy Journal Volume 20

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Divinity School Address” (15 July 1838)

by Eric C. Miller, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

pp. 1-12

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Frances E.W. Harper, “We Are All Bound Up Together” (10 May 1866)

by Garth E. Pauley, Calvin University

pp. 13-32

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Madame Chiang Kai-shek (May Ling Soong Chiang), “Address to the U.S. House of Representatives” (18 February 1943)

by Una Kimokeo-Goes, The College of Idaho

pp. 33-52