The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur Viking, 1995 - 503 pages A companion volume to The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches, this collection of great oratory stretches across the history of powerful and moving, but most of all, memorable speeches, from classical times to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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... Death . ' O men , hard it is not to avoid death , it is far harder to avoid wrongdoing . It runs faster than death . I being slow and stricken in years am caught by the slower , but my accusers , sharp and clever as they are , by the ...
... Death . ' O men , hard it is not to avoid death , it is far harder to avoid wrongdoing . It runs faster than death . I being slow and stricken in years am caught by the slower , but my accusers , sharp and clever as they are , by the ...
Page 18
... death , and the death of all of us , and the destruction of this city , and of the whole world . I , the consul , see them ; I ask them their opinion about the republic , and I do not yet attack , even by words , those who ought to be ...
... death , and the death of all of us , and the destruction of this city , and of the whole world . I , the consul , see them ; I ask them their opinion about the republic , and I do not yet attack , even by words , those who ought to be ...
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... Death is the beginning of immortality ' By July 1794 , the moderates in the Convention grew more outspoken in condemning a Terror that was no longer justified by war . Robespierre's influence was waning fast . Millions of jobless and ...
... Death is the beginning of immortality ' By July 1794 , the moderates in the Convention grew more outspoken in condemning a Terror that was no longer justified by war . Robespierre's influence was waning fast . Millions of jobless and ...
Contents
Moses Thou shalt not c 1250 BC | 3 |
Jesus of Nazareth Blessed are the poor in spirit c 33 | 23 |
John Ball Cast off the yoke of bondage 1381 | 37 |
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