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Oration

What we heard...

By Kendall Defoe Published 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Oration
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We hold these truths to be self-evident that

four score and seven years ago...

a day which will live in infamy

asks not what your country can do for you,

but I have a dream of

speaking softly and carrying a big stick,

a thousand points of light,

as it's morning in America,

and I am not crook.

Perhaps...

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Kendall Defoe

Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...

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  • ThatWriterWoman3 years ago

    Nice!

  • L.C. Schäfer3 years ago

    Very clever! 😁

  • What a trip down memory lane!

  • Babs Iverson3 years ago

    Cool, the famous lines of orators!!! 💖💖💕

  • Bren3 years ago

    I see what you did there - and I'm extremely impressed!

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