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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... enemies , who adhere to methods opposite to our own . For we lay open Athens to general resort , nor ever drive any stranger from us whom either improvement or curiosity hath brought amongst us , lest any enemy should hurt us by seeing ...
... enemies , who adhere to methods opposite to our own . For we lay open Athens to general resort , nor ever drive any stranger from us whom either improvement or curiosity hath brought amongst us , lest any enemy should hurt us by seeing ...
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... enemy's country those who fight in defense of their own habitations . The strength of our whole force no enemy yet hath ever experienced , because it is divided by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the different quarters of our ...
... enemy's country those who fight in defense of their own habitations . The strength of our whole force no enemy yet hath ever experienced , because it is divided by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the different quarters of our ...
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... enemy , exempt their defeat from the blush of indignation , and to their tributaries yield no discontent , as if ... enemies . Regarding this as the most honorable prize of dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark to glut revenge ...
... enemy , exempt their defeat from the blush of indignation , and to their tributaries yield no discontent , as if ... enemies . Regarding this as the most honorable prize of dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark to glut revenge ...
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... enemy . And they had the courage to do these things , not so much through contempt of the enemy as from a spirit of rivalry with each other , the Lacedæmonians indeed envying our state , for the battle at Marathon , and seeking to put ...
... enemy . And they had the courage to do these things , not so much through contempt of the enemy as from a spirit of rivalry with each other , the Lacedæmonians indeed envying our state , for the battle at Marathon , and seeking to put ...
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... enemies ? And the majority of the cities in Cilicia those on our side possess , and the rest it is not difficult to ... enemy , nor for the Greeks to be of one mind until we consider both our advan- tages to come from one another , and ...
... enemies ? And the majority of the cities in Cilicia those on our side possess , and the rest it is not difficult to ... enemy , nor for the Greeks to be of one mind until we consider both our advan- tages to come from one another , and ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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