Which composer devoted 35 years to composing and directing opera before beginning to write oratorios when the English public began to tire of opera?

George Frideric Handel

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freedom of speech is also protected by the 1 amendment.

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here is pretty much what the 1st amendment says:

congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

islam spread slowly through much of africa through trade and preaching.