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 224
... political existence null ; and our difficulty in attaining freedom is all the more painful because , before , we stagnated in the most wretched servitude ; not only were we stripped of freedom , but even of a role of domination in our ...
... political existence null ; and our difficulty in attaining freedom is all the more painful because , before , we stagnated in the most wretched servitude ; not only were we stripped of freedom , but even of a role of domination in our ...
Page 258
... political evil . It will not be found that , either at the North or at the South , there was much , though there was some , invective against slavery as inhuman and cruel . The great ground of objection to it was political ; that it ...
... political evil . It will not be found that , either at the North or at the South , there was much , though there was some , invective against slavery as inhuman and cruel . The great ground of objection to it was political ; that it ...
Page 283
... political power . What he is too good - natured to take from the Jews he will not call political power . The Jew must not sit in Parlia- ment ; but he may be the proprietor of all the ten - pound houses in a borough . He may have more ...
... political power . What he is too good - natured to take from the Jews he will not call political power . The Jew must not sit in Parlia- ment ; but he may be the proprietor of all the ten - pound houses in a borough . He may have more ...
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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