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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... freedom . It will no longer follow in the trail of men whose hearts are foul . No ! No ! No ! Providence has presented Italy with Victor Emmanuel . Every Italian should rally round him . By the side of Victor Emmanuel every quarrel ...
... freedom . It will no longer follow in the trail of men whose hearts are foul . No ! No ! No ! Providence has presented Italy with Victor Emmanuel . Every Italian should rally round him . By the side of Victor Emmanuel every quarrel ...
Pàgina 106
... freedom , your happy home . Freedom and home ; what heavenly music in those two words ! Alas ! I have no home , and the freedom of my people is downtrodden . Young Giant of free America , do not tell me that thy shores are an asylum to ...
... freedom , your happy home . Freedom and home ; what heavenly music in those two words ! Alas ! I have no home , and the freedom of my people is downtrodden . Young Giant of free America , do not tell me that thy shores are an asylum to ...
Pàgina 107
... freedom , and by freedom to activity ; you may be well aware of what I have felt , and still feel , at the remembrance of this proud moment of my life . Others spoke - you acted ; and I was free ! You acted ; and at this act of yours ...
... freedom , and by freedom to activity ; you may be well aware of what I have felt , and still feel , at the remembrance of this proud moment of my life . Others spoke - you acted ; and I was free ! You acted ; and at this act of yours ...
Pàgina 108
... freedom and independence ; and , what was still more , in the hour of your need he was the link of your friendly connection with France - a connection the results of which were two French fleets of more than thirty - eight men - of ...
... freedom and independence ; and , what was still more , in the hour of your need he was the link of your friendly connection with France - a connection the results of which were two French fleets of more than thirty - eight men - of ...
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... know very well that " freedom of meetings , ” even in the most democratic bourgeois republic is an empty phrase , for the rich have all the best public and private buildings at their disposal , 142 The World's Great Speeches.
... know very well that " freedom of meetings , ” even in the most democratic bourgeois republic is an empty phrase , for the rich have all the best public and private buildings at their disposal , 142 The World's Great Speeches.
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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