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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... unto the chief captain , ' May I speak unto thee ? ' Who said , ' Canst thou speak Greek ? Art not thou that Egyptian , which before these days madest an uproar , and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were ...
... unto the chief captain , ' May I speak unto thee ? ' Who said , ' Canst thou speak Greek ? Art not thou that Egyptian , which before these days madest an uproar , and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were ...
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... unto Damascus about noon , suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me . And I fell unto the ground , and heard a voice saying unto me , " Saul , Saul , why per- secutest thou me ? ” ' And I answered , " Who art thou ...
... unto Damascus about noon , suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me . And I fell unto the ground , and heard a voice saying unto me , " Saul , Saul , why per- secutest thou me ? ” ' And I answered , " Who art thou ...
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... unto the Gentiles . " " And they gave him audience unto this word , and then lifted up their voices , and said , ' Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live . ' Acts 21 : 37-22 : 22 ( Authorized ...
... unto the Gentiles . " " And they gave him audience unto this word , and then lifted up their voices , and said , ' Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live . ' Acts 21 : 37-22 : 22 ( Authorized ...
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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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