Speeches that Changed the World: History in the MakingPacked with historical figures, this text is as readable summary of 3000 years. From Moses's delivery of the Ten Commandments to Nelson Mandela's Let Freedom Reign, the world has been transformed by memorable speeches. |
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... woman's wrongs to be laid before the pub- lic , did I not believe that woman herself must do this work ; for woman alone can understand the height , the depth , the length , and the breadth of her own degradation . Man cannot speak for ...
... woman's wrongs to be laid before the pub- lic , did I not believe that woman herself must do this work ; for woman alone can understand the height , the depth , the length , and the breadth of her own degradation . Man cannot speak for ...
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... Woman ? " Sojourner Truth ( c . 1797-1883 ) , evangelist , abolitionist and feminist , is remembered for her ... woman ? Look at me ! Look at my arm ! I have ploughed and planted , and gath- ered into barns , and no man could head me ...
... Woman ? " Sojourner Truth ( c . 1797-1883 ) , evangelist , abolitionist and feminist , is remembered for her ... woman ? Look at me ! Look at my arm ! I have ploughed and planted , and gath- ered into barns , and no man could head me ...
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... woman , he took the subject up the following Sunday , to prove that woman ought not to have equal rights with man , first , because Adam was cre- ated before Eve , and secondly , man was compared to the fore wheel , and woman to the ...
... woman , he took the subject up the following Sunday , to prove that woman ought not to have equal rights with man , first , because Adam was cre- ated before Eve , and secondly , man was compared to the fore wheel , and woman to the ...
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Moses The Ten Commandments second millennium BC | 3 |
Socrates Socrates Apology 399 BC | 15 |
Jesus Christ The Beatitudes AD 34 | 29 |
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