Show WHEN PATRIOT SPOKE S lRi ringing nging words of patrick henry are enshrined lit in hearts of all free men 1 I know not what course others may t take e but as for me give me liberty or give me death deathly I 1 lP 1111 N were the rin closing T words of patrick lienay on oil man li 3 1770 1775 its as ike delivered ills his immortal tind eloquent address in ili support of the resolutions by bi the die Qc cond ond revolutionary convention of of which it ina was tit in honored delegated delegate for six mikols months fit hi various colonies had ad been mah ang military alons dord Itin inore lit in virginia wrote lit in december 1774 to lie earl curl of dart mouth E iery very count county v Is now arming a com coin tiny of nien men whom the they cull call un all independent klepi adent for the mowed avowed purpose of protecting their and lint to le be employed the govern ment if occasion require tofi ulio when alio ino for it averl reg hinted allate ti tilt referred to above wa MI 4 introduced jn ili the lie revolutionary con gr kress ss in ili virginia it inet some appo ditl atlon n not because 1 it uis but becal patrick came out more boldly for war ur anyone in ili the lie col colonies otiles lilt lind done before that hut tillie nearly fifty years later thomas jef berso I 1 aid after all it inist IP be nl owed loed that ilynn was aa our leader in fit the inea of flit i 01 bioni in ili nil and in ill that hint reelect relle it ct ingre iii jire Is due to liliu film than linn to tn any other nolier lie hr left us it till nil be iiii hanh john roane who hear patrick ian hen g r ly d fal knolls speech it t to A durd kart Ionta lne in ili 1814 tills is 14 in tile of cornell university you remember ili it the conclusion of ta the to speech so often declaimed in various ways by schoolboys Ts Is life so BO dear or peace so sweet set us as to lie IP purchased nt fit the of chains and slavery forbid it almighty godl god 1 I 1 know not lot what course others may take but its for tile tiie kle give me liberty or rive give me death 1 lie he kiive gave each of these words vordi a meaning which Is not conveyed ly by tile the reading or delivery of thain lit in the ordinary mia way A ator er a solemn pause lie he raised ills ids eyes und and chill ned hands toward patrick henry hea veti and prayed piu Md in ili words and tones which thrilled every heart por bid it almighty god lie then turned tile the loyalists of the house who were equaling with terror tit at the idea of the consequence cone quence X of 0 r in proceedings which would be visited cited with the penalties of treason by tile the crown anil and ill he slowly bent ills his forin yet et nearer to tile the earth and salt said 1 I know kno not what aliat liat course others may take ind and he ittie eom companies companied compa panted nied the lie words with lils ills hands still crossm crossed while lie he repined to be weighted don own with hla his emotion lie he lifted one hand firmly is it holding it a diagger ei with the point schned ii iud tit nt his breast lie he stood ae like n koman senator defying cuccar C ll 11 while tile the unconquerable of t cat of 0 utica flashed from scry every feature and he hb closed the grand appeal avith the solemn cords or give nie lilt death I 1 will which sounded will etli tit the awful caal cadence of a lieros heros dirge fearless of benth cwm f old church at richmond va where patrick henry delivered his fa mou s address and victorious in ili death find and it lie suit lilt ed tit tin actton to id file lie avord ord by ti a blow blo upon tile tho left ifft breast with etli tin tho right liand hand N aich sf eilind to drive flit dagger ro lo flit he patriot heart |