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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... Union of Greece to Resist Persia . DEMOSTHENES On the Crown The Second Oration Against Philip . CATO , THE ELDER 3 8 II 225 16 26 In Support of the Oppian Law 30 339 HANNIBAL To His Soldiers . 34 CICERO First Oration Against Catiline ...
... Union of Greece to Resist Persia . DEMOSTHENES On the Crown The Second Oration Against Philip . CATO , THE ELDER 3 8 II 225 16 26 In Support of the Oppian Law 30 339 HANNIBAL To His Soldiers . 34 CICERO First Oration Against Catiline ...
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... Union JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN Slavery HENRY CLAY On the Compromise of 1850 . 270 278 281 284 286 288 CHARLES SUMNER The Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death ...
... Union JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN Slavery HENRY CLAY On the Compromise of 1850 . 270 278 281 284 286 288 CHARLES SUMNER The Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death ...
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... Union of Greece to Resist Persia , " delivered in 380 B.C. , appears here in abridged form . ON THE UNION OF GREECE TO RESIST PERSIA IT IS CONFESSED indeed that our state is the most ancient and the greatest , and the most celebrated ...
... Union of Greece to Resist Persia , " delivered in 380 B.C. , appears here in abridged form . ON THE UNION OF GREECE TO RESIST PERSIA IT IS CONFESSED indeed that our state is the most ancient and the greatest , and the most celebrated ...
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... union of Rome with the rest of Italy will be interpreted by the great mass of Catholics , within Italy and without , as the signal of the slavery of the church . We must go , therefore , to Rome in such a way that the true independence ...
... union of Rome with the rest of Italy will be interpreted by the great mass of Catholics , within Italy and without , as the signal of the slavery of the church . We must go , therefore , to Rome in such a way that the true independence ...
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... union of Rome to the Italian state would be fatal not only to Catholicism , but to the existence of Italy itself . Yet further , I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of its rulers not only ...
... union of Rome to the Italian state would be fatal not only to Catholicism , but to the existence of Italy itself . Yet further , I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of its rulers not only ...
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