Re: Poem in Fynetik Inglix

Roland Hoensch wrote:

> Patrick Henry?
> Are You certain?  I found this poem as a translation
> for a Hungarian one written by "Sandor Petofi".
No, no.  It is the final line "give me liberty or give me death"
which is by Patrick Henry.  Henry was an 18th-century
American patriot, and the line is the final line of the
peroration of a famous speech he made, known to all Americans:

        Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be
        purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
        Forbid it, Almighty God!  I know not what course
        others may take; but as for me, give me liberty
        or give me death!

The full text of the speech is at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext90/liber11.txt ,
preceded by a lot of legal cruft -- scroll down to the end.

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