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The World's Famous Orations, Vol. 1: Greece

by William Jennings Bryan

The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such famous persons as Achilles, Pericles, and Socrates, with their most famous (legendary or traditional) orations and speeches.
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The World's Famous Orations, Vol. 1: Greece by William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the...

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