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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... Truth has proclaimed the treacherous iniquity which deprived us of our chartered liberty ; truth destroys the flimsy pretext under which this iniquity is continued ; truth exposes our merits and our sufferings ; whilst reason and ...
... Truth has proclaimed the treacherous iniquity which deprived us of our chartered liberty ; truth destroys the flimsy pretext under which this iniquity is continued ; truth exposes our merits and our sufferings ; whilst reason and ...
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Brian MacArthur. SOJOURNER TRUTH 28 May 1851 ' A'n't I a woman ? ' Sojourner Truth ( c . 1797-1883 ) was a slave who fled in 1827 from the house- bold in New York state where she worked and found refuge with a religious group which ...
Brian MacArthur. SOJOURNER TRUTH 28 May 1851 ' A'n't I a woman ? ' Sojourner Truth ( c . 1797-1883 ) was a slave who fled in 1827 from the house- bold in New York state where she worked and found refuge with a religious group which ...
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... truth , eye to eye and face to face . There is one thing that the American people always rise to and extend their hand to , and that is the truth of justice and of liberty and of peace . We have accepted that truth and we are going to ...
... truth , eye to eye and face to face . There is one thing that the American people always rise to and extend their hand to , and that is the truth of justice and of liberty and of peace . We have accepted that truth and we are going to ...
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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