Speeches that Changed the World: History in the MakingHarperCollins, 1998 - 445 pages Packed with historical figures, this text is as readable summary of 3000 years. From Moses's delivery of the Ten Commandments to Nelson Mandela's Let Freedom Reign, the world has been transformed by memorable speeches. |
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... king ' One of the most powerful women who ever lived was Queen Elizabeth I of England ( 1533-1603 ) . The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn , she was known as the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess . She spoke these words when ...
... king ' One of the most powerful women who ever lived was Queen Elizabeth I of England ( 1533-1603 ) . The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn , she was known as the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess . She spoke these words when ...
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... king , which has been so fully and universally expressed in the loyal and seasonable Addresses of my people . The owning and setting up the pretended Prince of Wales for king of England , is not only the highest indignity offered to me ...
... king , which has been so fully and universally expressed in the loyal and seasonable Addresses of my people . The owning and setting up the pretended Prince of Wales for king of England , is not only the highest indignity offered to me ...
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... king , who knew not Joseph , though they were the best , most loyal , industrious subjects this king had , when an edict was issued forth as impolitic as cruel ( since the safety and glory of all kingdoms chiefly consist in the number ...
... king , who knew not Joseph , though they were the best , most loyal , industrious subjects this king had , when an edict was issued forth as impolitic as cruel ( since the safety and glory of all kingdoms chiefly consist in the number ...
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Moses The Ten Commandments second millennium BC | 3 |
Socrates Socrates Apology 399 BC | 15 |
Jesus Christ The Beatitudes AD 34 | 29 |
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