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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... common cause of Greece . Should he choose you for allies , you would serve him so far only as justice would permit ; but if he attached himself to them , he gained assistants in all the schemes of his ambition . This it is that then ...
... common cause of Greece . Should he choose you for allies , you would serve him so far only as justice would permit ; but if he attached himself to them , he gained assistants in all the schemes of his ambition . This it is that then ...
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... common bulwark with which men of prudence are naturally provided , the guard and security of all people , particularly of free states , against the assaults of tyrants . What is this ? Distrust . Of this be mindful : to this adhere ...
... common bulwark with which men of prudence are naturally provided , the guard and security of all people , particularly of free states , against the assaults of tyrants . What is this ? Distrust . Of this be mindful : to this adhere ...
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... common people . It was not without painful emotions of shame that I , just now , made my way into the Forum through the midst of a band of women . Had I not been restrained by respect for the modesty and dignity of some individuals ...
... common people . It was not without painful emotions of shame that I , just now , made my way into the Forum through the midst of a band of women . Had I not been restrained by respect for the modesty and dignity of some individuals ...
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... common decency will not allow to be men- tioned , is pretended for this female insurrection ? Hear the answer : That we may shine in gold and purple ; that , both on festival and com- mon days , we may ride through the city in our ...
... common decency will not allow to be men- tioned , is pretended for this female insurrection ? Hear the answer : That we may shine in gold and purple ; that , both on festival and com- mon days , we may ride through the city in our ...
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... common parent of all of us , hates and fears you , and has no other opinion of you than that you are meditating parricide in her case ; and will you neither feel awe of her authority , nor deference for her judgment , nor fear of her ...
... common parent of all of us , hates and fears you , and has no other opinion of you than that you are meditating parricide in her case ; and will you neither feel awe of her authority , nor deference for her judgment , nor fear of her ...
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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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