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To: Robert DeLong

Maybe the greatest speech ever was Pericles Funeral Oration for Athenian soldiers killed during the Peloponnesian War as recorded by Thucydides.

4 posted on 09/08/2019 4:39:19 PM PDT by yarddog

To: yarddog

Lincoln liked it so much it was the basis for the Gettysburg address.

5 posted on 09/08/2019 4:46:22 PM PDT by Reily

To: yarddog

Perhaps, but it’s not a commencement speech. 8>)

10 posted on 09/08/2019 5:00:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong

To: yarddog

Is that you, Victor?

23 posted on 09/08/2019 6:40:09 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

To: June2

Bkmk great speeches thread.

39 posted on 10/29/2019 5:30:54 AM PDT by June2

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