The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur A companion volume to The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches, this collection of great oratory stretches across the history of powerful and moving, but most of all, memorable speeches, from classical times to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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Page 138
... continue . He gathered strength and delivered one of his most celebrated speeches . The result of all I have said is that there exists no impediment , on the ground of pledged faith , or even on that of national expediency , to the ...
... continue . He gathered strength and delivered one of his most celebrated speeches . The result of all I have said is that there exists no impediment , on the ground of pledged faith , or even on that of national expediency , to the ...
Page 144
... continue to this hour a barbarous traffic in slaves ; we continue it even yet , in spite of all our great and undeniable pretensions to civilization . We were once as obscure among the nations of the earth , as savage in our manners ...
... continue to this hour a barbarous traffic in slaves ; we continue it even yet , in spite of all our great and undeniable pretensions to civilization . We were once as obscure among the nations of the earth , as savage in our manners ...
Page 234
... continue in its present form no longer than the people who established it shall choose to continue it . If they shall become con- vinced that they have made an injudicious or inexpedient partition and distribution of power , between the ...
... continue in its present form no longer than the people who established it shall choose to continue it . If they shall become con- vinced that they have made an injudicious or inexpedient partition and distribution of power , between the ...
Contents
Moses Thou shalt not c 1250 BC | 3 |
Jesus of Nazareth Blessed are the poor in spirit c 33 | 23 |
John Ball Cast off the yoke of bondage 1381 | 37 |
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