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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... citizens : the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant , and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is ...
... citizens : the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant , and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is ...
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... citizens , to mock me , by asking me to speak today ? If so , there is a parallel to your conduct . And let me warn you , that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation ( Babylon ) whose crimes , towering up to heaven , were ...
... citizens , to mock me , by asking me to speak today ? If so , there is a parallel to your conduct . And let me warn you , that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation ( Babylon ) whose crimes , towering up to heaven , were ...
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... citizens : I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presi- dential election , without having a lawful right to vote . It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus ...
... citizens : I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presi- dential election , without having a lawful right to vote . It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus ...
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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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