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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... look on the awful spectacle , that they may see what the wrath and fierceness of the Almighty is ; and when they have seen it , they will fall down and adore that great power and majesty . Isaiah 66 : 23-24 : ' And it shall come to pass ...
... look on the awful spectacle , that they may see what the wrath and fierceness of the Almighty is ; and when they have seen it , they will fall down and adore that great power and majesty . Isaiah 66 : 23-24 : ' And it shall come to pass ...
Page 208
... Look at me ! Look at my arm ! I have ploughed and planted , and gath- ered into barns , and no man could head me ! And ain't I a woman ? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well ...
... Look at me ! Look at my arm ! I have ploughed and planted , and gath- ered into barns , and no man could head me ! And ain't I a woman ? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well ...
Page 434
... look at the women gathered here and at Huairou ... the homemakers , nurses , teachers , lawyers , policy- makers , and women who run their own businesses . It is conferences like this that compel governments and peoples everywhere to ...
... look at the women gathered here and at Huairou ... the homemakers , nurses , teachers , lawyers , policy- makers , and women who run their own businesses . It is conferences like this that compel governments and peoples everywhere to ...
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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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