The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur 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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Page 83
... English colonies , probably , than in any other people of the earth , and this from a variety of powerful causes ... English ideas and on English principles . Abstract liberty , like other mere abstractions , is not to be found . Liberty ...
... English colonies , probably , than in any other people of the earth , and this from a variety of powerful causes ... English ideas and on English principles . Abstract liberty , like other mere abstractions , is not to be found . Liberty ...
Page 417
... English prisons , in commun- ion of spirit too with our own dear comrades who suffer in English prisons today , and speaking on their behalf as well as our own , we pledge to Ireland our love , and we pledge to English rule in Ireland ...
... English prisons , in commun- ion of spirit too with our own dear comrades who suffer in English prisons today , and speaking on their behalf as well as our own , we pledge to Ireland our love , and we pledge to English rule in Ireland ...
Page 421
... English rule , of English - made law , of English government in Ireland , that it dare not rest on the will of the Irish people , but exists in defiance of their will : that it is a rule , derived not from right , but from conquest ...
... English rule , of English - made law , of English government in Ireland , that it dare not rest on the will of the Irish people , but exists in defiance of their will : that it is a rule , derived not from right , but from conquest ...
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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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