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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... wish to point out that the book is now divided into four major sections . Part I , Great Speeches of Earlier Times , remains as it was . Part II , Great Speeches of Recent Times , represents the period following the First World War and ...
... wish to point out that the book is now divided into four major sections . Part I , Great Speeches of Earlier Times , remains as it was . Part II , Great Speeches of Recent Times , represents the period following the First World War and ...
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... wish to defame the city , of having put that wise man , Socrates , to death . For those who wish to defame you will assert that I am wise , though I am not . If , then , you had waited for a short time , this would have happened of its ...
... wish to defame the city , of having put that wise man , Socrates , to death . For those who wish to defame you will assert that I am wise , though I am not . If , then , you had waited for a short time , this would have happened of its ...
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... wish to make known to you , as being my friends , the meaning of that which has just now befallen me . To me then , O my judges , -- and in calling you judges I call you rightly , a strange thing has happened . For the wonted prophetic ...
... wish to make known to you , as being my friends , the meaning of that which has just now befallen me . To me then , O my judges , -- and in calling you judges I call you rightly , a strange thing has happened . For the wonted prophetic ...
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... wish to have , if intending to go to war with the king , beyond what we already possess ? Has not Egypt revolted from him , as well as Cyprus ; and have not Phoenicia and Syria been devastated owing to the war ; and has not Tyre , on ...
... wish to have , if intending to go to war with the king , beyond what we already possess ? Has not Egypt revolted from him , as well as Cyprus ; and have not Phoenicia and Syria been devastated owing to the war ; and has not Tyre , on ...
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... wish to stay at home will be much fewer in number than those who will desire to follow with us . For who , whether young or old , is so indifferent that he will not wish to have a share in this expedition , commanded indeed by the ...
... wish to stay at home will be much fewer in number than those who will desire to follow with us . For who , whether young or old , is so indifferent that he will not wish to have a share in this expedition , commanded indeed by the ...
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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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