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1837: The American Scholar speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the First Parish in Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Nineteenth century)
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1948: The Light Has Gone Out of Our Lives by Jawaharlal Nehru, about the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi also known as Mahatma Gandhi.
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1942: Quit India by Mohandas K. Gandhi also known as Mahatma Gandhi, calling for determined, but passive, resistance against British occupation.
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1939: King George VI of the United Kingdom delivers a radio address at the outbreak of World War II calling for his subjects in Britain and the Empire to stand firm in the dark days ahead.
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1791: Abolish the Slave Trade, British Parliamentarian William Wilberforce's four-hour speech to the House of Commons. (Pre 19th century)
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1877: The Surrender of Nez Perce Chief Joseph, pledging to "fight no more forever." (Nineteenth century)
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