JFK hortative sentences
Hortative sentences: Are sentences that exhorts, advises, calls to action
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Par. 3: Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans
Par. 11: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulfed all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction
Par. 14: so let us begin anew
all of paragraphs 15, 16, 17, and 18
Par. 19: let both sides join in creating a new endeavor
Par. 20: but let us begin
All of 20?
Par. 25: askĀ not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country
Par. 26: ask not what America will do for you, but together we can do for the freedom of man.
Par. 27: let us go forth to lead the land we love