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 95
... wish them success , for , in a due constitutional dependency , including the ancient supremacy of this country in regulating their commerce and navigation , consists the mutual happiness and prosperity both of England and America . She ...
... wish them success , for , in a due constitutional dependency , including the ancient supremacy of this country in regulating their commerce and navigation , consists the mutual happiness and prosperity both of England and America . She ...
Page 469
... wish that the thought that comes out of those graves could penetrate their consciousness . I wish that they could feel the moral obligation that rests upon us not to go back on those boys , but to see the thing through , to see it ...
... wish that the thought that comes out of those graves could penetrate their consciousness . I wish that they could feel the moral obligation that rests upon us not to go back on those boys , but to see the thing through , to see it ...
Page 478
... wish as nations or for economic necessities Central Europe at that time was broken up into atoms and new so - called States were arbitrarily formed . To this procedure Czechoslovakia owes its existence . This Czech state began with a ...
... wish as nations or for economic necessities Central Europe at that time was broken up into atoms and new so - called States were arbitrarily formed . To this procedure Czechoslovakia owes its existence . This Czech state began with a ...
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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