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History's Greatest Speeches - Volume IV

By Benjamin Franklin & Mohandas K. Gandhi &
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Publisher Description

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has here collected seven of the most important and iconic speeches of all time. Featuring such disparate historical characters as Cicero, St. Francis of Assisi, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Emmet, Jane Addams, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela this collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great world leaders and the words they used to inspire millions. This is the fourth volume of this series.

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About Benjamin Franklin

It is difficult to overstate the many accomplishments Benjamin Franklin achieved in his long and storied life. He was, among many other things, a statesman, writer, printer, inventor, humorist, publisher, scientist, postmaster, an American diplomat and, of course, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was in poor health when he attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and this speech, delivered on the final day of the convention, would be one of his last public statements. He would die three years later.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Mohandas K. Gandhi was was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial activist and political ethicist who, in leading India's campaign for independence from British rule, employed the concept of nonviolent resistance, the success of which inspired similar nonviolent civil rights and political movements around the world. Born and raised in Gujarat, India, Gandhi studied law in London and practiced in South Africa for 21 years before returning to India with his wife and family in 1915 and beginning his work as an anti-colonialist. Gandhi had been asked to speak on the occasion of the opening of the Banaras Hindu University. Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy, had come to lay the foundation-stone at the ceremony and his police guard was so pervasive that Banaras itself appeared to be in a state of siege, which upset Gandhi greatly. Gandhi was preceded to the stage by human rights activist Annie Besant, a supporter of the Indian independence movement. Rising to address the audience of students, Gandhi said that he wanted to "think audibly," or, in other words, to speak without reserve. The crowd grew increasingly agitated during the speech and did not allow him to finish.

Nelson Mandela

A towering figure throughout his entire life and career- even while imprisoned - Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African civil rights activist and political revolutionary who, upon his release from jail, served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997 and then as the first black President of South Africa following the collapse of apartheid. Years before, however, in the late 1950's Mandela helped co-found the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe movement which led a sabotage campaign against the all-white government of South Africa. For his involvement with Umkhonto, Mandela was arrested and tried for conspiracy. What follows is Mandela's statement to the court prior to his sentencing. When the speech concluded, Mandela would be sentenced to life imprisonment and would be incarcerated for the next twenty-seven years.

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