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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... heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind , and with all thy strength . ' Such a love [ of God ] is this , as engrosses the whole heart , as takes up all the affections , as fills the entire capacity of the soul , and ...
... heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind , and with all thy strength . ' Such a love [ of God ] is this , as engrosses the whole heart , as takes up all the affections , as fills the entire capacity of the soul , and ...
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... hearts of the children of men ? ' - that each of you would ask his own heart , ' Am I of that number ? Do I so far practise justice , mercy , and truth , as even the rules of heathen honesty require ? If so , have I the very outside of ...
... hearts of the children of men ? ' - that each of you would ask his own heart , ' Am I of that number ? Do I so far practise justice , mercy , and truth , as even the rules of heathen honesty require ? If so , have I the very outside of ...
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... heart of the common people chilled by a bitter prejudice against the black race ; our leading men bribed , by ambition , either to silence or open hostility ; – in such a land , on what shall an Abolitionist rely ? On a few cold prayers ...
... heart of the common people chilled by a bitter prejudice against the black race ; our leading men bribed , by ambition , either to silence or open hostility ; – in such a land , on what shall an Abolitionist rely ? On a few cold prayers ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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