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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... never would lay down my - never , never - never ! arms - George Whitefield 1714 1770 - Whitefield was an eighteenth - century evangelist and open - air preacher whose reputation spanned the Atlantic , and whose Georgian mission raised ...
... never would lay down my - never , never - never ! arms - George Whitefield 1714 1770 - Whitefield was an eighteenth - century evangelist and open - air preacher whose reputation spanned the Atlantic , and whose Georgian mission raised ...
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... never had any design against the liberty of any person , nor any disposition to commit treason or incite slaves to rebel or make any general insurrection . I never encouraged any man to do so , but always discouraged any idea of that ...
... never had any design against the liberty of any person , nor any disposition to commit treason or incite slaves to rebel or make any general insurrection . I never encouraged any man to do so , but always discouraged any idea of that ...
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... Never will I believe that her place amongst the greatest nations of the world has been lost for ever ! All these ... never stop , never weary , and never give in , and that our whole people and Empire have vowed themselves to the task of ...
... Never will I believe that her place amongst the greatest nations of the world has been lost for ever ! All these ... never stop , never weary , and never give in , and that our whole people and Empire have vowed themselves to the task of ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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