The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur A companion volume to The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches, this collection of great oratory stretches across the history of powerful and moving, but most of all, memorable speeches, from classical times to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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Page 92
... enemies thicken on our plains ; desolation and death mark their bloody career ; whilst the mangled corpses of our countrymen seem to cry out to us as a voice from Heaven . Our union is now complete ; our constitution composed ...
... enemies thicken on our plains ; desolation and death mark their bloody career ; whilst the mangled corpses of our countrymen seem to cry out to us as a voice from Heaven . Our union is now complete ; our constitution composed ...
Page 170
... enemies , he wants but Frenchmen , and France is filled with citizens . Would we be free ? If we no longer desire it , let us perish , for we have all sworn it . If we wish it , let all march to defend our independence . Your enemies ...
... enemies , he wants but Frenchmen , and France is filled with citizens . Would we be free ? If we no longer desire it , let us perish , for we have all sworn it . If we wish it , let all march to defend our independence . Your enemies ...
Page 365
... enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break , our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battlefield , and patriot grave , to every living heart ...
... enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it must not break , our bonds of affection . The mystic chords of memory , stretching from every battlefield , and patriot grave , to every living heart ...
Contents
Moses Thou shalt not c 1250 BC | 3 |
Jesus of Nazareth Blessed are the poor in spirit c 33 | 23 |
John Ball Cast off the yoke of bondage 1381 | 37 |
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