The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 24 d’abr. 2012 - 944 pàgines 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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... British chapter will be found the great speeches of Burke , Pitt , Sheridan , Cobden , Bright , Gladstone and Disraeli ,, as well as those of the leaders of the First World War . The American chapter is quite comprehensive . Here may be ...
... British chapter will be found the great speeches of Burke , Pitt , Sheridan , Cobden , Bright , Gladstone and Disraeli ,, as well as those of the leaders of the First World War . The American chapter is quite comprehensive . Here may be ...
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... British Empire . 194 Emmeline Pankhurst Militant Suffragists . SIR EDWARD Grey 196 199 England's Position . David Lloyd GEORGE An Appeal to the Nation . Arthur James Balfour The Fourth of July . James Ramsay MACDONALD Peace LADY ASTOR ...
... British Empire . 194 Emmeline Pankhurst Militant Suffragists . SIR EDWARD Grey 196 199 England's Position . David Lloyd GEORGE An Appeal to the Nation . Arthur James Balfour The Fourth of July . James Ramsay MACDONALD Peace LADY ASTOR ...
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... British statesman and distinguished orator , fought for liberal and progressive policies during his thirty years of public life . He favored the abolition of the slave trade , opposed the ruthless ex- ploitation of India , and urged a ...
... British statesman and distinguished orator , fought for liberal and progressive policies during his thirty years of public life . He favored the abolition of the slave trade , opposed the ruthless ex- ploitation of India , and urged a ...
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... British revenue . But with regard to her own internal establishments , she may , I doubt not she will , contribute in moderation ; I say in moderation , for she ought not to be permitted to exhaust herself . She ought to be reserved to ...
... British revenue . But with regard to her own internal establishments , she may , I doubt not she will , contribute in moderation ; I say in moderation , for she ought not to be permitted to exhaust herself . She ought to be reserved to ...
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... British governor of India , had been charged with the brutal treatment of the people of India and was being tried before the House of Lords in 1788 . AT THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS INSINUATIONS have been thrown out that my honorable ...
... British governor of India , had been charged with the brutal treatment of the people of India and was being tried before the House of Lords in 1788 . AT THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS INSINUATIONS have been thrown out that my honorable ...
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