The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 2012 M04 24 - 944 páginas This outstanding compendium of 292 great speeches contains addresses from nearly every historical era and nation, from the formal orations of ancient Greece and the speeches of Julius Caesar, to modern-day addresses by Nelson Mandela, Ronald Regan and Václav Havel. Among the memorable speeches included here are Pericles' funeral oration, St. Bernard's advocacy of the Second Crusade, William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, Winston Churchill's "Blood, Sweat and Tears" address, Richard Nixon's speech to the astronauts on the moon, Malcolm X's address on the Black Revolution, and many more. Readers will also find time-honored declamations by St. Francis, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Napoleon, Victor Hugo, Leon Trotzky, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Dylan Thomas, Fulton J. Sheen, Adlai Stevenson, Walter Reuther, and many others−over 240 speakers in all. For this newly updated edition, Stephen J. McKenna, Assistant Professor of English at The Catholic University of America, has added 14 important speeches delivered between 1974 and 1997. These new selections include Barbara Jordan's Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee for the Nixon Impeachment Proceedings (1974); Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Commencement Address (1978); Ronald Regan's First Inaugural Address (1981): Nelson Mandela's Address to a Rally in Cape Town on His Release from Prison (1990); Václav Havel's Address to a Joint Session of Congress (1990); the Earl of Spencer's Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales (1997); and more. Rich with drama of history, the speeches in this volume will serve you time and time again by suggesting provocative themes and historical parallels, and by providing apt quotations, important reference passages, and a wide range of other valuable material. |
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... Army . 140 NIKOLAI LENIN The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 141 MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Napoleon . 144 ARISTIDE BRIAND Naval Disarmament 145 III Great Britain and Ireland OLIVER CROMWELL On the Dissolution of Parliament SIR ROBERT ...
... Army . 140 NIKOLAI LENIN The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 141 MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Napoleon . 144 ARISTIDE BRIAND Naval Disarmament 145 III Great Britain and Ireland OLIVER CROMWELL On the Dissolution of Parliament SIR ROBERT ...
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... army against Troy , or Ulysses , or Sisyphus , or ten thousand others , whom one might mention , both men and women ? with whom to converse and associate , and to question them , would be an inconceivable happiness . Surely for that the ...
... army against Troy , or Ulysses , or Sisyphus , or ten thousand others , whom one might mention , both men and women ? with whom to converse and associate , and to question them , would be an inconceivable happiness . Surely for that the ...
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... army have been collected from these districts , and the greater part of the navy has sailed along with them from Ionia , who would much more gladly have ravaged Asia in concert than have fought against one another on account of trifles ...
... army have been collected from these districts , and the greater part of the navy has sailed along with them from Ionia , who would much more gladly have ravaged Asia in concert than have fought against one another on account of trifles ...
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... army , nor the conduct of the war , for which you would make me accountable ; such a blunderer are you ! Yet understand me . Of what a statesman may be responsible for I allow the utmost scrutiny ; I deprecate it not . What are his ...
... army , nor the conduct of the war , for which you would make me accountable ; such a blunderer are you ! Yet understand me . Of what a statesman may be responsible for I allow the utmost scrutiny ; I deprecate it not . What are his ...
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... army , and by his bribing and corrupting men in power . Well ; your forces were not under my com- mand or control ; so that I can not be questioned for anything done in that department . But by refusing the price of corruption I have ...
... army , and by his bribing and corrupting men in power . Well ; your forces were not under my com- mand or control ; so that I can not be questioned for anything done in that department . But by refusing the price of corruption I have ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
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