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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... ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled , that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves , Sir . These are the implements of war and subjugation ; the last arguments to which kings resort . I ask ...
... ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled , that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves , Sir . These are the implements of war and subjugation ; the last arguments to which kings resort . I ask ...
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... ourselves as conferring too great a boon in restoring its inhabitants to the rank of human beings . I trust we shall not think ourselves too liberal , if , by abolishing the slave trade , we give them the same common chance of ...
... ourselves as conferring too great a boon in restoring its inhabitants to the rank of human beings . I trust we shall not think ourselves too liberal , if , by abolishing the slave trade , we give them the same common chance of ...
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... ourselves with its atmosphere , and then , continuing its traditions , let us adorn and embellish it . So we too shall partake of something of its renown , our figures will , perhaps , be found in it , and our names be graven on its ...
... ourselves with its atmosphere , and then , continuing its traditions , let us adorn and embellish it . So we too shall partake of something of its renown , our figures will , perhaps , be found in it , and our names be graven on its ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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