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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... peace on any terms whatever . For he does not now desire your slavery , as he did before , but he is angry now and thirsts for your blood . No sport appears more delightful to him than bloodshed and slaughter , and the massacre of ...
... peace on any terms whatever . For he does not now desire your slavery , as he did before , but he is angry now and thirsts for your blood . No sport appears more delightful to him than bloodshed and slaughter , and the massacre of ...
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... peace . We will not allow ourselves to be led by bad temper ; we will not yield to prejudice . It is undoubtedly true that the threats , the insults , the provocations which have been directed against us have aroused great and natural ...
... peace . We will not allow ourselves to be led by bad temper ; we will not yield to prejudice . It is undoubtedly true that the threats , the insults , the provocations which have been directed against us have aroused great and natural ...
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... peace and have protected the peace of Europe . By peace- ful labor we waxed strong and mighty and consequently aroused envy . With firm endurance we have seen how , under the pretext that Germany was eager for war , enmity was fostered ...
... peace and have protected the peace of Europe . By peace- ful labor we waxed strong and mighty and consequently aroused envy . With firm endurance we have seen how , under the pretext that Germany was eager for war , enmity was fostered ...
Pàgina 127
... peace to the world and in peace to promote our vigorous develop- ment . But our enemies envy us the success of our toil . All professed and secret hostility from East and West and from beyond the sea , we have till now borne in the ...
... peace to the world and in peace to promote our vigorous develop- ment . But our enemies envy us the success of our toil . All professed and secret hostility from East and West and from beyond the sea , we have till now borne in the ...
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... peace when the first dark clouds of the World War began to settle over Europe in 1914. On July 29 he addressed a meeting of many thousands at Brussels , called by the International Socialist Bureau . This speech , given here , was his ...
... peace when the first dark clouds of the World War began to settle over Europe in 1914. On July 29 he addressed a meeting of many thousands at Brussels , called by the International Socialist Bureau . This speech , given here , was his ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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