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Barack Obamas's Inaugural Speech and video

(Full text: http://www.hollyscoop.com/barack-obama/president-barack-obamas-inaugural-speech-part-i_19052.aspx)

 

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Extract...



...So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

"Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]." America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. ....)

Now, at last I understand why the Americans choose such a cold winter time to conduct the Inauguration!


If you are also interested in some great historical speeches, you can also go to the following websites....  

Great speeches collection (International)http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm

100 great American speeches http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html