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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... believe this ? I , for my part , can never think , if Philip had been forced into those former measures , or if he had now abandoned the Thebans , that he would make this continued opposition to their enemies . No , his present measures ...
... believe this ? I , for my part , can never think , if Philip had been forced into those former measures , or if he had now abandoned the Thebans , that he would make this continued opposition to their enemies . No , his present measures ...
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... greatly fear that these matters will rather bring us into captivity than we them . Believe me , those statues from Syracuse made their way into this city with hostile effect . I already hear too many commending 32 The World's Great ...
... greatly fear that these matters will rather bring us into captivity than we them . Believe me , those statues from Syracuse made their way into this city with hostile effect . I already hear too many commending 32 The World's Great ...
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... believe it my duty to do . But it was done with no desire to evoke partisanship ; without personal feeling ; with- out any sentiment save a passion for the public good , which always impels me to the defense of the popular cause . I ...
... believe it my duty to do . But it was done with no desire to evoke partisanship ; without personal feeling ; with- out any sentiment save a passion for the public good , which always impels me to the defense of the popular cause . I ...
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... believe improbable and impossible , France were reduced to a condition which forbade material interference with our actions , we should none the less avoid uniting Rome to the rest of Italy , if , by so doing , we caused loss to our ...
... believe improbable and impossible , France were reduced to a condition which forbade material interference with our actions , we should none the less avoid uniting Rome to the rest of Italy , if , by so doing , we caused loss to our ...
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... believe that when the proclamation of the principles which I have just declared , and when the indorsement of them that you will give , are known and considered at Rome and in the Vatican , I believe , I say , that those Italian fibers ...
... believe that when the proclamation of the principles which I have just declared , and when the indorsement of them that you will give , are known and considered at Rome and in the Vatican , I believe , I say , that those Italian fibers ...
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