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  2. 1862 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln in this address coined the phrase that the United States is the "last best hope of Earth." This phrase has been echoed by many US presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt closed his 1939 State of the Union Address by quoting these words from Lincoln. [3] Lyndon B. Johnson quoted it in a special message to Congress on equal rights. [4]

  3. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final ...

  4. Sonnet 22 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 22 uses the image of mirrors to argue about age and its effects. The poet will not be persuaded he himself is old as long as the young man retains his youth. On the other hand, when the time comes that he sees furrows or sorrows on the youth's brow, then he will contemplate the fact ("look") that he must pay his debt to death ("death my days should expiate").

  5. Sonnet 55 - Wikipedia

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    Engle also claims that this is not the first time Shakespeare references the self-aggrandizement of royals and rulers by saying that poetry will outlive them. He frequently mentions his own (political) unimportance, which could lead sonnet 55 to be read as a sort of revenge of the socially humble on their oppressors.

  6. Jesus Is Coming Soon - Wikipedia

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    Their arrangement of the song was recorded on Halo records "Heart Felt Gospel" [5] in the late 60s, has been covered by numerous groups since. 1968 – The Inspirations [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 1969–79 – The Oak Ridge Boys [ 9 ]

  7. Gazans shed tears of joy, disbelief at news of ceasefire deal

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    Ahmed Dahman, 25, said the first thing he would do when the deal goes into effect is to recover the body of his father, who was killed in an airstrike on the family's house last year, and "give ...

  8. St Crispin's Day Speech - Wikipedia

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    The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt , which fell on Saint Crispin's Day , Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious.

  9. For the Fallen - Wikipedia

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    War memorial in ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand CWGC headstone with excerpt from "For The Fallen". Laurence Binyon (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943), [3] a British poet, was described as having a "sober" response to the outbreak of World War I, in contrast to the euphoria many others felt (although he signed the "Author's Declaration" that defended British involvement in the ...