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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... hand in hand . Many men of the sword have been noted also for their stirring eloquence . Speeches have their origins in antiquity . Perhaps the funeral oration was the first public utterance . As man's progress developed , the need for ...
... hand in hand . Many men of the sword have been noted also for their stirring eloquence . Speeches have their origins in antiquity . Perhaps the funeral oration was the first public utterance . As man's progress developed , the need for ...
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... hand , death is a removal from hence to another place , and what is said be true , that all the dead are there , what greater blessing can there be than this , my judges ? For if , on arriving at Hades , released from these who pretend ...
... hand , death is a removal from hence to another place , and what is said be true , that all the dead are there , what greater blessing can there be than this , my judges ? For if , on arriving at Hades , released from these who pretend ...
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... vices inherent and unavoidable in all communities , to contract them into the narrowest compass , and on the other hand , to promote unanimity and friendship and zeal in the discharge of 18 The World's Great Speeches.
... vices inherent and unavoidable in all communities , to contract them into the narrowest compass , and on the other hand , to promote unanimity and friendship and zeal in the discharge of 18 The World's Great Speeches.
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... hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state . There was — there was once such virtue in this republic that brave men would repress mis- chievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy . For we ...
... hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state . There was — there was once such virtue in this republic that brave men would repress mis- chievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy . For we ...
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... hand for the slaughter of the consuls and chief men of the state , and that no reason or fear of yours hindered your ... hands ? how often has it slipped through them by some chance , and dropped down ? and yet you cannot any longer do ...
... hand for the slaughter of the consuls and chief men of the state , and that no reason or fear of yours hindered your ... hands ? how often has it slipped through them by some chance , and dropped down ? and yet you cannot any longer do ...
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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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