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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... hope to arrive at the truth , and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country . Should I keep back my opinions at such a time , through fear of giving offense , I should consider myself as guilty of treason ...
... hope to arrive at the truth , and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country . Should I keep back my opinions at such a time , through fear of giving offense , I should consider myself as guilty of treason ...
Page 243
... hope that the question is at rest , and that no sectional or ambitious or fanatical excitement may again threaten the durability of our institutions or obscure the light of our prosperity . But let not the foundation of our hope rest ...
... hope that the question is at rest , and that no sectional or ambitious or fanatical excitement may again threaten the durability of our institutions or obscure the light of our prosperity . But let not the foundation of our hope rest ...
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... hope . But then Easter comes as time of resurrection , of rebirth , of hope and fulfilment . We must carry on because this is the way he would have wanted it to have been . We are not going to get bogged down . I hope in this moment ...
... hope . But then Easter comes as time of resurrection , of rebirth , of hope and fulfilment . We must carry on because this is the way he would have wanted it to have been . We are not going to get bogged down . I hope in this moment ...
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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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