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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... human race , suspend the course of its heroic labors to elevate its thoughts and vows toward the great Being who has given it the mission it has undertaken and the strength to accomplish it . Is it not He whose immortal hand , engraving ...
... human race , suspend the course of its heroic labors to elevate its thoughts and vows toward the great Being who has given it the mission it has undertaken and the strength to accomplish it . Is it not He whose immortal hand , engraving ...
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... human concord ; in one word , to glorify peace , that sublime , universal desire . Peace is the virtue of civilization ; war is its crime . We are here , at this grand moment , in this solemn hour , to bow religiously before the moral ...
... human concord ; in one word , to glorify peace , that sublime , universal desire . Peace is the virtue of civilization ; war is its crime . We are here , at this grand moment , in this solemn hour , to bow religiously before the moral ...
Pàgina 95
... human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization . Did Voltaire always smile ? No. He was often ... Humanity looks them in the face , and says to the judge : I will none of thy law ! and says to the priest : I will none ...
... human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization . Did Voltaire always smile ? No. He was often ... Humanity looks them in the face , and says to the judge : I will none of thy law ! and says to the priest : I will none ...
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... human personages , has only been done by three peoples , Greece , Italy , France . We say , the Age of Pericles ... human federation . To - day force is called violence , and begins to be judged ; war is arraigned . Civilization , upon ...
... human personages , has only been done by three peoples , Greece , Italy , France . We say , the Age of Pericles ... human federation . To - day force is called violence , and begins to be judged ; war is arraigned . Civilization , upon ...
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... human activity should in presence of the starry sky , multiply efforts and creations , all to result in that frightful international exposition which is called a field of battle . The true field of battle , behold it here ! It is this ...
... human activity should in presence of the starry sky , multiply efforts and creations , all to result in that frightful international exposition which is called a field of battle . The true field of battle , behold it here ! It is this ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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