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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... nation ; nullified by the violence , the massacre of the Champ de Mars , and by that death - flag under which the revision was closed ; nullified by default of cause and default of bond , in that the obligation rested on the nation ...
... nation ; nullified by the violence , the massacre of the Champ de Mars , and by that death - flag under which the revision was closed ; nullified by default of cause and default of bond , in that the obligation rested on the nation ...
Pàgina 72
... nation's ear before the face of heaven , while all the time he was conspiring against the nation . Treason was always with every nation the most abominable of crimes . It has always inspired that horror which is inspired by poison and ...
... nation's ear before the face of heaven , while all the time he was conspiring against the nation . Treason was always with every nation the most abominable of crimes . It has always inspired that horror which is inspired by poison and ...
Pàgina 73
... nation which exercises the power of sovereignty does not " cumulate " all the powers ? Can it be claimed that the nation cannot delegate , at its will , this or that portion of its powers to whom it pleases ? Can any one deny that the ...
... nation which exercises the power of sovereignty does not " cumulate " all the powers ? Can it be claimed that the nation cannot delegate , at its will , this or that portion of its powers to whom it pleases ? Can any one deny that the ...
Pàgina 110
... nation's material and moral forces . This great result could only have been obtained by means of reserve and prudence . The Republic could gain intellectual assent , conciliate interests , make progress in the general conscience , only ...
... nation's material and moral forces . This great result could only have been obtained by means of reserve and prudence . The Republic could gain intellectual assent , conciliate interests , make progress in the general conscience , only ...
Pàgina 116
... nation is dying of is the obscurity in which there is such an obstinate determina- tion to leave it ? The blunders of those in authority are being heaped upon those of others ; one lie necessitates another , so that the mass is becoming ...
... nation is dying of is the obscurity in which there is such an obstinate determina- tion to leave it ? The blunders of those in authority are being heaped upon those of others ; one lie necessitates another , so that the mass is becoming ...
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