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 118
... House only can heal them : they only can restore the Constitution to its former state of purity , health , and vigour ... In the first formation of this government , in the original settlement of our Constitution , the people expressly ...
... House only can heal them : they only can restore the Constitution to its former state of purity , health , and vigour ... In the first formation of this government , in the original settlement of our Constitution , the people expressly ...
Page 305
... House or in this country whose appetite for blood is so insatiable that , even when terms of peace have been offered and accepted , he pines for that assault in which of Russian , Turk , French and English , as sure as one man dies ...
... House or in this country whose appetite for blood is so insatiable that , even when terms of peace have been offered and accepted , he pines for that assault in which of Russian , Turk , French and English , as sure as one man dies ...
Page 306
... House , or in speaking to any one I meet between this House and any of those localities we frequent when this House is up - I cannot , I say , but notice that an uneasy feeling exists as to the news which may arrive by the very next ...
... House , or in speaking to any one I meet between this House and any of those localities we frequent when this House is up - I cannot , I say , but notice that an uneasy feeling exists as to the news which may arrive by the very next ...
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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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