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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... less fatal issue . The value of such a spirit is not to be expressed in words . Any one can discourse to you for ever about the advantages of a brave defence , which you know already . But instead of listening to him I would have you ...
... less fatal issue . The value of such a spirit is not to be expressed in words . Any one can discourse to you for ever about the advantages of a brave defence , which you know already . But instead of listening to him I would have you ...
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... less purity ; and so man was in the beginning pure from every sinful blot ; otherwise God could not have pronounced him , as well as all the other work of his hands , ' very good ' ( Gen. 1:31 ) . This he could not have been , had he ...
... less purity ; and so man was in the beginning pure from every sinful blot ; otherwise God could not have pronounced him , as well as all the other work of his hands , ' very good ' ( Gen. 1:31 ) . This he could not have been , had he ...
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... less and less to our own homes , and our contacts are less . Where are our elderly people today ? Usually in institutions . Where is the unborn child ? Dead ! Why ? Because we do not want him . I see a great poverty in the fact that in ...
... less and less to our own homes , and our contacts are less . Where are our elderly people today ? Usually in institutions . Where is the unborn child ? Dead ! Why ? Because we do not want him . I see a great poverty in the fact that in ...
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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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