TRIBUTE TO A DOG (Death Valley Days, with ronald reagan playing the role ot George Vest) If you know how to speed ahead on youtube, move to minute 20:00 and pick up just the speech. Reagan in 1953 could deliver a great speech, but what was said about a dog and the story is true in American History. great speech given by George Graham Vest (1830-1904) served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1879 to 1903 and became one of the leading orators and debaters of his time. This delightful speech is from an earlier period in his life when he practiced law in a small Missouri town. It was given in court while representing a man who sued another for the killing of his dog. During the trial, Vest ignored the testimony, and when his turn came to present a summation to the jury, he made the following speech and won the case. https://youtube/watch?v=EllavhhWRno
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:39:41 +0000
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