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  Speaker 1: Section forty six of the World's Famous Orations, Volume seven,
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  Speaker 1: Continental Europe. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
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  Speaker 1: World's Famous Orations, Volume seven, Continental Europe by William Jennings Bryan,
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  Speaker 1: Section forty six, Part five Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain.
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  Speaker 1: Frederick the Great One to his generals before invading Selezia
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  Speaker 1: seventeen forty born in seventeen twelve, died in seventeen eighty six.
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  Speaker 1: Became King of Prussia and invaded Saliza in seventeen forty
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  Speaker 1: Defeated the Austrians in seventeen forty one, seventeen forty two
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  Speaker 1: and seventeen forty five. Invaded Saxony beginning the Seven Years
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  Speaker 1: War in seventeen fifty six. Defeated the Austrians in seventeen
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  Speaker 1: fifty six, invaded Bohemia in seventeen fifty seven. Defeated the
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  Speaker 1: Austrians at Prague, but himself defeated at colin in Us
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  Speaker 1: driven out of Bohemia in seventeen fifty seven. In the
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  Speaker 1: same year, defeated the French at Rossbach and the Austrians
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  Speaker 1: at Luton. Defeated the Russians at Zoridorf in seventeen fifty eight,
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  Speaker 1: but himself defeated at Kunersdorf in seventeen fifty nine, his
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  Speaker 1: fortunes being now reduced to their lowest EBB. Finally, through
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  Speaker 1: changes in foreign relations, he in seventeen sixty three concluded
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  Speaker 1: a tree with Austria, which secured what he formerly had
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  Speaker 1: gained and then had lost, and in seventeen seventy two
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  Speaker 1: he joined in the partition of Poland. Gentlemen, I am
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  Speaker 1: undertaking a war in which I have no allies, but
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  Speaker 1: your valor and your good will. My cause is just,
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  Speaker 1: My resources are what we ourselves can do, and the
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  Speaker 1: issue lies in fortune. Remember continually the glory which your
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  Speaker 1: ancestors acquired in the plane of warsaw at Ferblen and
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  Speaker 1: in the expedition to person. Your lot is in your
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  Speaker 1: own hands. Distinctions and rewards await upon your fine actions,
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  Speaker 1: which shall merit them. But what need have I to
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  Speaker 1: excite you to glory? It is the one thing you
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  Speaker 1: keep before your eyes, the sole object worthy of your labor.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to front troops who under Prince Eugene
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  Speaker 1: had the highest reputation. Though Prince Eugene is gone, we
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  Speaker 1: shall have to measure our strength against brave soldiers. The
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  Speaker 1: greater will be the honor if we can conquer Adieu.
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  Speaker 1: Go forth, I will follow you straight away to the
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  Speaker 1: rendezvous of glory which awaits you. End of Section forty six.