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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... side possess , and the rest it is not difficult to acquire . But Lycia no one of the Persians ever conquered . And Hecatomnos , the overseer of Caria , in reality indeed has revolted for a long time already , and will confess it ...
... side possess , and the rest it is not difficult to acquire . But Lycia no one of the Persians ever conquered . And Hecatomnos , the overseer of Caria , in reality indeed has revolted for a long time already , and will confess it ...
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... side during the whole war ; -instead of Philip being master of the Hellespont by taking Byzantium , the Byzantines were our auxiliaries against him . Does this computation of services , think you , resemble the casting of accounts ? Or ...
... side during the whole war ; -instead of Philip being master of the Hellespont by taking Byzantium , the Byzantines were our auxiliaries against him . Does this computation of services , think you , resemble the casting of accounts ? Or ...
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... side of profit ; all my proceedings have been those of a soul upright , honest , and incorrupt ; entrusted with affairs of greater magnitude than any of my contemporaries , I have administered them all honestly and faithfully ...
... side of profit ; all my proceedings have been those of a soul upright , honest , and incorrupt ; entrusted with affairs of greater magnitude than any of my contemporaries , I have administered them all honestly and faithfully ...
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... side I find humane and just , and that the sentiments of those who inveigh against Philip never fail of approbation ; but as to the necessary measures , to speak out plainly , not one has been pursued , nor anything effected even to ...
... side I find humane and just , and that the sentiments of those who inveigh against Philip never fail of approbation ; but as to the necessary measures , to speak out plainly , not one has been pursued , nor anything effected even to ...
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... side . From the same persuasion he now heaps his favors on the Messenians and Argians . And this reflects the greatest luster on you , my countrymen ; for by these proceedings you are declared the only invariable assertors of the rights ...
... side . From the same persuasion he now heaps his favors on the Messenians and Argians . And this reflects the greatest luster on you , my countrymen ; for by these proceedings you are declared the only invariable assertors of the rights ...
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