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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... given up they would have visited us with the severest tortures . That most cruel and haughty nation considers everything its own , and at its own disposal ; it thinks it right that it should regulate with whom we are to have war , with ...
... given up they would have visited us with the severest tortures . That most cruel and haughty nation considers everything its own , and at its own disposal ; it thinks it right that it should regulate with whom we are to have war , with ...
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... given yourself into custody ? what of your having said , for the sake of avoiding suspicion , that you were willing to dwell in the house of Marcus Lepidus ? And when you were not received by him , you dared even to come to me , and ...
... given yourself into custody ? what of your having said , for the sake of avoiding suspicion , that you were willing to dwell in the house of Marcus Lepidus ? And when you were not received by him , you dared even to come to me , and ...
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... those men who entertain the same opinion , I will make this short answer : If , O con- script fathers , I thought it best that Catiline should be punished with death , I would not have given the space of Greece and Rome 43.
... those men who entertain the same opinion , I will make this short answer : If , O con- script fathers , I thought it best that Catiline should be punished with death , I would not have given the space of Greece and Rome 43.
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... given you liberty to fly about everywhere , and hath also given you double and triple raiment ; moreover He preserved your seed in the ark of Noah , that your race might not perish out of the world ; still more are ye beholden to Him ...
... given you liberty to fly about everywhere , and hath also given you double and triple raiment ; moreover He preserved your seed in the ark of Noah , that your race might not perish out of the world ; still more are ye beholden to Him ...
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... given here were delivered in the National Assembly the first in 1792 , the second in 1793 . “ TO DARE AGAIN , EVER TO DARE ! ” IT SEEMS a satisfaction for the ministers of a free people to announce to them that their country will be ...
... given here were delivered in the National Assembly the first in 1792 , the second in 1793 . “ TO DARE AGAIN , EVER TO DARE ! ” IT SEEMS a satisfaction for the ministers of a free people to announce to them that their country will be ...
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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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