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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... better than all inscriptions , in every foreign nation , reposited more durably in universal remembrance than on their own tombs . From this very moment , emulating these noble patterns , placing your happiness in liberty , and liberty ...
... better than all inscriptions , in every foreign nation , reposited more durably in universal remembrance than on their own tombs . From this very moment , emulating these noble patterns , placing your happiness in liberty , and liberty ...
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... better and more pleasantly than this night throughout his life , I think that not only a private person , but even a great king himself would find them easy to number in comparison with other days and nights . If , therefore , death is ...
... better and more pleasantly than this night throughout his life , I think that not only a private person , but even a great king himself would find them easy to number in comparison with other days and nights . If , therefore , death is ...
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... better for me . On this account the warning in no way turned me aside ; and I bear no resentment toward those who condemned me , or against my accusers , although they did not condemn and accuse me with this intention , but thinking to ...
... better for me . On this account the warning in no way turned me aside ; and I bear no resentment toward those who condemned me , or against my accusers , although they did not condemn and accuse me with this intention , but thinking to ...
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... better resolutions than myself , none would execute them better , none as ambas- sador would show more zeal and honesty . Therefore I undertook every duty myself . Through my policy , which he arraigns , instead of the Thebans invading ...
... better resolutions than myself , none would execute them better , none as ambas- sador would show more zeal and honesty . Therefore I undertook every duty myself . Through my policy , which he arraigns , instead of the Thebans invading ...
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... better than those very Greeks who thought , if they abandoned us , they should abide in prosperity , I reckon as part of her good fortune ; if she suffered reverses , if all happened not to us as we desired , I conceive she has had that ...
... better than those very Greeks who thought , if they abandoned us , they should abide in prosperity , I reckon as part of her good fortune ; if she suffered reverses , if all happened not to us as we desired , I conceive she has had that ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
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