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 275
... existence of qualities , on both sides , that were not attributed to either ! Perhaps I am not so sanguine as others in my expectations of the future ; but I have not the slightest hesitation in saying , that I fully believe that the ...
... existence of qualities , on both sides , that were not attributed to either ! Perhaps I am not so sanguine as others in my expectations of the future ; but I have not the slightest hesitation in saying , that I fully believe that the ...
Page 392
... existence ; without it they are dead , or they live only to servitude ; without it there are two estates acting upon and against the third , instead of acting in co - operation with it ; without it , if the people are oppressed by their ...
... existence ; without it they are dead , or they live only to servitude ; without it there are two estates acting upon and against the third , instead of acting in co - operation with it ; without it , if the people are oppressed by their ...
Page 423
... existence unless it be that unquenchable hope we build on the graves of the dead . We are told that if Irishmen go by the thousand to die , not for Ireland , but for Flanders , for Belgium , for a patch of sand in the deserts of ...
... existence unless it be that unquenchable hope we build on the graves of the dead . We are told that if Irishmen go by the thousand to die , not for Ireland , but for Flanders , for Belgium , for a patch of sand in the deserts of ...
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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