The great speeches of history — Lincoln, Patrick Henry, Kennedy, Reagan — as handwriting and memory practice.
“Ask not what your country can do for you” and the closing lines
The military-industrial complex warning from Eisenhower's farewell address
Washington resigns his commission to Congress at Annapolis, complete
The Berlin Wall challenge: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Athens describes its own democracy, from Thucydides in Crawley's translation
Matthew 5:3-12 (ESV) from the Sermon on the Mount, one blessing per line
The closing lines of Patrick Henry's 1775 speech to the Virginia Convention
Lincoln's 272 words at Gettysburg, complete, for handwriting practice
