Oddbean

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 i was making an offline search tool for Project Gutenberg's library last night, and saw this speech in the search data. I downloaded it, and read it, and was amazed by its boldness. This one speech was significant in moving America toward revolution.

https://atyh.net/gmlogmd.html

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 Oh! Yes. Patrick Henry did more to push towards revolution than just about any one else!

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 Gives me chills. The way he breaks it down.

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 If any of these guys were teleported to today’s USA would they not flee immediately to start over?

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 They would be put in a watch list, and the FBI would raid their homes.

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 Dude was like 16 at the time…

What am I doing with my life?

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 Was he really? 
Amazing.

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 38, but still…

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Wow

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 Always knew the line "Give me liberty or give me death" but had never read the whole speech.  Wow!  It's a banger from beginning to end.. and that white is at the end.

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 Just remembered that I picked up Václav Havel's 'The Power of the Powerless' after seeing you mention it in a note you posted a while back.

It was an amazing and powerful read, especially for someone like me who has grown up and currently lives in a largely socialistic pattern of society. 

So is this speech.

Thank you for sharing them! 🫂

It was this note:
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 He was such a great communicator and writer. I found some of his plays and other books. What an interesting guy.