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  2. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    1861: Abraham Lincoln's Fourth of July Address, a written statement sent to the U.S. Congress, recounts the initial stages of the American Civil War and sets out Abraham Lincoln's analysis of the southern slave states rebellion as well as Lincoln's thoughts on the war and American society. Otto von Bismarck in the North German Parliament

  3. Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [77] May 1 Address delivered at Law Day U.S.A Philadelphia, PA [75] May 23 "How to Deal with Grief and Disappointment" Atlanta, GA [78] Contents of this speech are limited to the hand written outline King wrote (cited) June 6 "Modern Man's Crucial Problem" Atlanta, GA [75] June 14

  4. Speech - Wikipedia

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    Speech is the subject of study for linguistics, cognitive science, communication studies, psychology, computer science, speech pathology, otolaryngology, and acoustics. Speech compares with written language, [1] which may differ in its vocabulary, syntax, and phonetics from the spoken language, a situation called diglossia.

  5. Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech: Full text - AOL

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    The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...

  6. Speeches of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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    In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46] The speech was widely covered on news networks, and made headlines across the country.

  7. Gettysburg Address - Wikipedia

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    The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.The speech was made at the formal dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg National Cemetery) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of ...

  8. I Have a Dream - Wikipedia

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    The March on Washington Speech, known as "I Have a Dream Speech", has been shown to have had several versions, written at several different times. [25] It has no single version draft, but is an amalgamation of several drafts, and was originally called "Normalcy, Never Again". Little of this, and another "Normalcy Speech", ended up in the final ...

  9. Tryst with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    The final episode of the 1984 series The Jewel in the Crown contains extracts of the speech.; The speech is referenced in the 1998 Hindi film Earth directed by Deepa Mehta.The film portrays the main characters listening to the speech over the radio, against the backdrop of the Hindu-Muslim riots following the Partition of India.