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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... duty also to obey the law and to endeavor to procure , as far as I am able , the good - will and approbation of all my audience . I shall therefore begin first with our forefathers , since both justice and decency require we should on ...
... duty also to obey the law and to endeavor to procure , as far as I am able , the good - will and approbation of all my audience . I shall therefore begin first with our forefathers , since both justice and decency require we should on ...
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... duty which brave men owed to their country . As for you , who now survive them , it is your business to pray for a better fate , but to think it your duty also to preserve the same spirit and warmth of courage against your enemies ; not ...
... duty which brave men owed to their country . As for you , who now survive them , it is your business to pray for a better fate , but to think it your duty also to preserve the same spirit and warmth of courage against your enemies ; not ...
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... duty , and in the moments of action were sensible of shame ; who , whenever their attempts were unsuc- cessful , thought it no dishonor for their country to stand in need of any- thing their valor could do for it , and so made it the ...
... duty , and in the moments of action were sensible of shame ; who , whenever their attempts were unsuc- cessful , thought it no dishonor for their country to stand in need of any- thing their valor could do for it , and so made it the ...
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... duty to act worthily of them , you should every one of you consider , when you come into court to decide public questions , that together with your staff and ticket the spirit of the commonwealth is delivered to you . it Athenians , you ...
... duty to act worthily of them , you should every one of you consider , when you come into court to decide public questions , that together with your staff and ticket the spirit of the commonwealth is delivered to you . it Athenians , you ...
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... duty . All this , too , I have performed ; and no one can discover the least neglect on my part . Ask any man , by what means Philip achieved most of his successes , and you will be told , by his army , and by his bribing and corrupting ...
... duty . All this , too , I have performed ; and no one can discover the least neglect on my part . Ask any man , by what means Philip achieved most of his successes , and you will be told , by his army , and by his bribing and corrupting ...
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