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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... nature . The advantages , then , which we possessed from the beginning , and which were bestowed upon us by fortune ... natural that those sprung from such men would perform , were the exploits of those who waged war against Darius and ...
... nature . The advantages , then , which we possessed from the beginning , and which were bestowed upon us by fortune ... natural that those sprung from such men would perform , were the exploits of those who waged war against Darius and ...
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... nature , ceased not until he had devised and at the same time carried out by compulsion that which all talk of , so that with his armament he sailed through the mainland and marched over the sea , having bridged over the Hellespont and ...
... nature , ceased not until he had devised and at the same time carried out by compulsion that which all talk of , so that with his armament he sailed through the mainland and marched over the sea , having bridged over the Hellespont and ...
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... nature toward them , that even in our legends , we occupy ourselves with most pleasure with those relating to the Trojan and Persian wars , by which it is possible to hear of their calamities . And one might find hymns composed in ...
... nature toward them , that even in our legends , we occupy ourselves with most pleasure with those relating to the Trojan and Persian wars , by which it is possible to hear of their calamities . And one might find hymns composed in ...
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... nature of man , we ourselves have invented in addition more than the necessary evils , having created wars and factions among ourselves , so that some are perishing lawlessly in their own cities , and some are wandering in a foreign ...
... nature of man , we ourselves have invented in addition more than the necessary evils , having created wars and factions among ourselves , so that some are perishing lawlessly in their own cities , and some are wandering in a foreign ...
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... nature , that from the beginning never did anything honest or liberal ; a very ape of a tragedian , village ( Enomaus , counterfeit orator ! What advantage has your eloquence been to your country ? Now do you speak to us about the past ...
... nature , that from the beginning never did anything honest or liberal ; a very ape of a tragedian , village ( Enomaus , counterfeit orator ! What advantage has your eloquence been to your country ? Now do you speak to us about the past ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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