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 51
... happiness of the people . The perfection of all things consists in the end for which they were ordained . God only is his own end . All other things have a further end beyond themselves , in attaining whereof their own happiness ...
... happiness of the people . The perfection of all things consists in the end for which they were ordained . God only is his own end . All other things have a further end beyond themselves , in attaining whereof their own happiness ...
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... happiness which might be com- municated to them by the introduction of civilization , and of mental and moral improvement ? - a happiness which you withhold from them so long as you permit the slave trade to continue . Thus , sir , has ...
... happiness which might be com- municated to them by the introduction of civilization , and of mental and moral improvement ? - a happiness which you withhold from them so long as you permit the slave trade to continue . Thus , sir , has ...
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... happiness . I profess , sir , in my career , hitherto , to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country , and the preservation of our federal Union . It is to that Union we owe our safety at home , and our ...
... happiness . I profess , sir , in my career , hitherto , to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country , and the preservation of our federal Union . It is to that Union we owe our safety at home , and our ...
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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