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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... thoughts , emotions and behaviour today ? Has this always been so ? And if not why should it now be so ? It was to find answers to these questions that I was led to compile the record . In the course of doing so I found myself almost as ...
... thoughts , emotions and behaviour today ? Has this always been so ? And if not why should it now be so ? It was to find answers to these questions that I was led to compile the record . In the course of doing so I found myself almost as ...
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... thought of convincing , while they thought of dining . On the other hand , the printed versions of his speeches were bought avidly , both at home and abroad . On 19 April 1774 Burke spoke in the House of Commons on the subject of ...
... thought of convincing , while they thought of dining . On the other hand , the printed versions of his speeches were bought avidly , both at home and abroad . On 19 April 1774 Burke spoke in the House of Commons on the subject of ...
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... thought the time had come when we ought to take steps which would produce some order out of the anarchy and chaos that had so long prevailed . We asked ourselves , was it absolutely a necessity that the fairest provinces of the world ...
... thought the time had come when we ought to take steps which would produce some order out of the anarchy and chaos that had so long prevailed . We asked ourselves , was it absolutely a necessity that the fairest provinces of the world ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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