The Voice of History: Great Speeches of the English LanguageFrom Elizabeth I to Winston Churchill, Sir Thomas More to Martin Luther King, Oliver Cromwell to Adlai Stevenson, George Washington to Mrs Pankhurst... Here, brought together for the first time, is some of the finest oratory in the English language, a selection of the most inspiring and exciting, stirring and significant words ever spoken in public. |
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... feel , that I am speaking in no unfriendly manner towards the Govern- ment of which he is at the head - I should ... feeling upon this subject , although , indeed , in the midst of a certain clamour in the country , they do not give ...
... feel , that I am speaking in no unfriendly manner towards the Govern- ment of which he is at the head - I should ... feeling upon this subject , although , indeed , in the midst of a certain clamour in the country , they do not give ...
Page 97
... feel , though the occasion is mournful , that it is good to be here . You feel that it was greatly auspicious for the cause of the country , that the men of the East and the men of the West , the men of nineteen sister States , stood ...
... feel , though the occasion is mournful , that it is good to be here . You feel that it was greatly auspicious for the cause of the country , that the men of the East and the men of the West , the men of nineteen sister States , stood ...
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... feel it ? It is bad enough as it is , God knows . It is bad enough , however it is . But it's not yet death on the scaffold . It's not that . And I ask your Honour , in addition to all that I have said , to save two honorable families ...
... feel it ? It is bad enough as it is , God knows . It is bad enough , however it is . But it's not yet death on the scaffold . It's not that . And I ask your Honour , in addition to all that I have said , to save two honorable families ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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