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“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. __W. J. Bryan ___Speech, 1899 What are the people of the United States really fighting for? What are we willing to give to prote ....

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.... is going to speak without restraint, he will say what he thinks, and that no one is forcing him to say the things he is going to say. Henry knows that if he does not speak what he thinks he could be held guilty of treason. Henry shows that he is self- confident because he is going to follow through with his beliefs. Henry knows that if he is self confident he can do anything, Henry states; “I have one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience”(88). What Henry is really trying to say is, “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past, I wish to know what there has been of the British ministry f ....