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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... fear , nor anything else could tempt or induce to betray aught that I considered just and beneficial to my country . Whatever I have advised my fellow citizens , I have never advised like you men , leaning as in a balance to the side of ...
... fear , nor anything else could tempt or induce to betray aught that I considered just and beneficial to my country . Whatever I have advised my fellow citizens , I have never advised like you men , leaning as in a balance to the side of ...
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... fear of your displeasure ; but confine ourselves to general representations of the grievous , of the outrageous nature of his conduct , and the like . Then you who attend are better qualified than Philip , either to plead the justice of ...
... fear of your displeasure ; but confine ourselves to general representations of the grievous , of the outrageous nature of his conduct , and the like . Then you who attend are better qualified than Philip , either to plead the justice of ...
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... of haranguing ; but I appre- hend the time must come when Philip's actions will give you more concern than at present . His designs , I see , are ripening . I wish my apprehensions may not prove just ; but I fear that Greece and Rome 29.
... of haranguing ; but I appre- hend the time must come when Philip's actions will give you more concern than at present . His designs , I see , are ripening . I wish my apprehensions may not prove just ; but I fear that Greece and Rome 29.
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... fear that time is not far off . And when it will no longer be in your power to disregard events ; when neither mine nor any other person's information , but your own knowl- edge , your own senses will assure you of the impending danger ...
... fear that time is not far off . And when it will no longer be in your power to disregard events ; when neither mine nor any other person's information , but your own knowl- edge , your own senses will assure you of the impending danger ...
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... fear that these matters will rather bring us into captivity than we them . Believe me , those statues from Syracuse made their way into this city with hostile effect . I already hear too many commending 32 The World's Great Speeches.
... fear that these matters will rather bring us into captivity than we them . Believe me , those statues from Syracuse made their way into this city with hostile effect . I already hear too many commending 32 The World's Great Speeches.
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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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