2. How can the ability to speak a language save your life?

Maybe if you're in a country that doesn't speak your language and you're lost, you can ask for directions.

Maybe if you're confronted by a group of soldiers and it looks like they're about to kill you, and they demand to know who you are and why you're there, being able to understand and answer them could save your life.

texas governor sam houston opposed secession, but was unable to prevent it. in this speech, given prior to lincoln's election, he presents the argument that slavery would be safer within the united states than outside of it. it was a prescient argument, and one held by several other southern leaders.

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