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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... final adieu . Stephen Arnold Douglas 1813 1861 - Stephen Douglas was a self - educated lawyer whose career ran parallel to that of Abraham Lincoln from the 1830s when they both sat in the Illinois State Assembly until 1860 when Lincoln ...
... final adieu . Stephen Arnold Douglas 1813 1861 - Stephen Douglas was a self - educated lawyer whose career ran parallel to that of Abraham Lincoln from the 1830s when they both sat in the Illinois State Assembly until 1860 when Lincoln ...
Page 166
... final test . When the tumult and the shouting die , when the bands are gone and the lights are dimmed , there is the stark reality of responsibility in an hour of history haunted with those gaunt , grim spectres of strife , dissension ...
... final test . When the tumult and the shouting die , when the bands are gone and the lights are dimmed , there is the stark reality of responsibility in an hour of history haunted with those gaunt , grim spectres of strife , dissension ...
Page 172
... final war . So let us begin anew , remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness , and sincerity is always subject to proof . Let us never negotiate out of fear , but let us never fear to negotiate . Let both sides ...
... final war . So let us begin anew , remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness , and sincerity is always subject to proof . Let us never negotiate out of fear , but let us never fear to negotiate . Let both sides ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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