A phone call that changed everything
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It was a Friday and I was feeling terribly low. I had a lot of pending work at hand and was running out of time. The
thought of the approaching weekend could not uplift my spirits. During the lunchtime I sat and started thinking about my life.
Angels All Around Us
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My
alcoholic husband of 31 years was three years sober, thanks to AA, when he
abruptly decided our marriage was over. I was given no warning of this
momentous decision.
On women’s right to vote – Susan B.Anthony
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Susan B Anthony
In the 1800s, women in the United States had few legal rights and did not have the right to vote. This speech was given by Susan B. Anthony after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She was tried and then fined $100 but refused to pay.
I am prepared to DIE – Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born the son of a Tembu tribal chieftain on July 18, 1918, at Qunu, near Umtata, in South Africa. He renounced his right to succeed his father and instead chose a political career. He attended college, became a lawyer, joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1944 and helped found its powerful Youth League
In 1962, he was arrested by South African security police for his opposition to the white government and its apartheid (“separateness”) policies of racial, political, and economic discrimination against the nonwhite majority. In 1964, the government brought further charges including sabotage, high treason and conspiracy to overthrow the government. This is Mandela’s statement from the dock at the opening of his defense in the 1964 trial.
The Battle of Gettysburg – Abraham Lincoln
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President Lincoln among the crowd at Gettysburg.
The Battle of Gettysburg occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by its end involved 160,000 Americans and effectively decided the fate of the Union.
On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln went to the battlefield to dedicate it as a National Cemetery. The main orator, Edward Everett of Massachusetts, delivered a two-hour formal address. The president then had his turn. He spoke in his high, penetrating voice, and in a little over two minutes delivered this speech, surprising everyone by its brevity and leaving many quite unimpressed at first.
Over time, however, this speech with its ending – government of the People, by the People, for the People – has come to symbolize the definition of democracy itself.
Inaugural Speech – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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On a frigid winter’s day, January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office as the 35th President of the United States. At age 43, he was the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected. He had won by one of the smallest margins of victory, only 115,000 popular votes. This is the speech he delivered announcing the dawn of a new era as young Americans born in the 20th century first assumed leadership of the Nation.
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