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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... reason , the parents of those who are now gone , whoever of them may be attending here , I do not bewail - I shall rather comfort . It is well known to what unhappy accidents they were liable from the moment of their birth , and that ...
... reason , the parents of those who are now gone , whoever of them may be attending here , I do not bewail - I shall rather comfort . It is well known to what unhappy accidents they were liable from the moment of their birth , and that ...
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... reason . For he has effected what no one of his ancestors ever did ; for it has been agreed on , both by us and by the Lacedæmonians , that Asia belongs to the king , and he has taken possession of the Grecian cities with such authority ...
... reason . For he has effected what no one of his ancestors ever did ; for it has been agreed on , both by us and by the Lacedæmonians , that Asia belongs to the king , and he has taken possession of the Grecian cities with such authority ...
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... reason - you are not ignorant of it — yet I will tell you . The Athenians knew as well the loyalty and zeal with which I conducted their affairs , as the dishonesty of you and your party ; for what you denied upon oath in our prosperity ...
... reason - you are not ignorant of it — yet I will tell you . The Athenians knew as well the loyalty and zeal with which I conducted their affairs , as the dishonesty of you and your party ; for what you denied upon oath in our prosperity ...
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... reason is this . They who aspire to an extravagant degree of power are to be opposed by force and action , not by ... reasons briefly which induce me to entertain different expectations , and to regard Philip as our real enemy ; that if ...
... reason is this . They who aspire to an extravagant degree of power are to be opposed by force and action , not by ... reasons briefly which induce me to entertain different expectations , and to regard Philip as our real enemy ; that if ...
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... reason he entertains these sentiments of you , and sentiments so different of the Thebans and the Argians , he may be con- vinced , not from the present only , but from a review of former times ; for he must have been informed , I ...
... reason he entertains these sentiments of you , and sentiments so different of the Thebans and the Argians , he may be con- vinced , not from the present only , but from a review of former times ; for he must have been informed , I ...
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