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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... person when their credit must precariously depend on his oration , which may be good and may be bad . Difficult , indeed , it is , judiciously to handle a subject where even probable truth will hardly gain assent . The hearer ...
... person when their credit must precariously depend on his oration , which may be good and may be bad . Difficult , indeed , it is , judiciously to handle a subject where even probable truth will hardly gain assent . The hearer ...
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... persons an attention to their own private concerns and those of the public ; and in others engaged in the labors of ... person obliged is compelled to act the more insipid part , conscious that a return of kindness is merely a payment ...
... persons an attention to their own private concerns and those of the public ; and in others engaged in the labors of ... person obliged is compelled to act the more insipid part , conscious that a return of kindness is merely a payment ...
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... persons cannot in common justice be regarded as members of equal value to the public who have no children to expose to danger for its safety . But you , whose age is already far advanced , compute the greater share of happiness your ...
... persons cannot in common justice be regarded as members of equal value to the public who have no children to expose to danger for its safety . But you , whose age is already far advanced , compute the greater share of happiness your ...
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... person , but even a great king himself would find them easy to number in comparison with other days and nights . If , therefore , death is a thing of this kind , I say it is a gain ; for thus all futurity appears to be nothing more than ...
... person , but even a great king himself would find them easy to number in comparison with other days and nights . If , therefore , death is a thing of this kind , I say it is a gain ; for thus all futurity appears to be nothing more than ...
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... person , after abandoning his palace and undertaking to become a general , and having collected all the men from Asia ; and who , being anxious not to speak in extravagant terms , has spoken about him in language which fell short of the ...
... person , after abandoning his palace and undertaking to become a general , and having collected all the men from Asia ; and who , being anxious not to speak in extravagant terms , has spoken about him in language which fell short of the ...
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