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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... whole body of the people , is called a democracy . How different soever in a private capacity , we all enjoy the same general equality our laws are fitted to preserve ; and superior honors just as we excel . The public administration is ...
... whole body of the people , is called a democracy . How different soever in a private capacity , we all enjoy the same general equality our laws are fitted to preserve ; and superior honors just as we excel . The public administration is ...
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... whole force no enemy yet hath ever experienced , because it is divided by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the different quarters of our service by land . But if anywhere they engage and defeat a small party of our forces , they ...
... whole force no enemy yet hath ever experienced , because it is divided by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the different quarters of our service by land . But if anywhere they engage and defeat a small party of our forces , they ...
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... whole of Hellas with their private force , a few against many myriads , as if about to brave the danger in the case of the lives of others , while the others no sooner heard of the war being in Attica than , neglecting everything else ...
... whole of Hellas with their private force , a few against many myriads , as if about to brave the danger in the case of the lives of others , while the others no sooner heard of the war being in Attica than , neglecting everything else ...
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... whole of Hellas , and marching to take vengeance upon the foreign foe ? And how great must we consider the fame , and the memory , and the glory which those will either have in their lives , or leave behind them in their deaths , who ...
... whole of Hellas , and marching to take vengeance upon the foreign foe ? And how great must we consider the fame , and the memory , and the glory which those will either have in their lives , or leave behind them in their deaths , who ...
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... whole cities and nations ; how much juster and fairer is it to consider , that to the common fortune apparently of all men , to a tide of events overwhelming and lamentable , these disasters are to be attributed . You , disregarding all ...
... whole cities and nations ; how much juster and fairer is it to consider , that to the common fortune apparently of all men , to a tide of events overwhelming and lamentable , these disasters are to be attributed . You , disregarding all ...
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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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