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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... Spirit of Geneva . 610 EARL WARREN A Home for American Jurisprudence . 611 XI International Affairs and the United Nations WINSTON CHURCHILL An Iron Curtain Has Descended . 614 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Asia Finds Herself Again A Glory Has ...
... Spirit of Geneva . 610 EARL WARREN A Home for American Jurisprudence . 611 XI International Affairs and the United Nations WINSTON CHURCHILL An Iron Curtain Has Descended . 614 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Asia Finds Herself Again A Glory Has ...
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... spirit than the stroke of death insensibly received in the vigor of life and public hope . For this 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 ...
... spirit than the stroke of death insensibly received in the vigor of life and public hope . For this 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 ...
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... spirit was I to mount the hustings ? In the spirit of one having unworthy counsel to offer ? —I should have deserved to perish ! You yourselves , men of Athens , may not try private and public causes on the same principles : the ...
... spirit was I to mount the hustings ? In the spirit of one having unworthy counsel to offer ? —I should have deserved to perish ! You yourselves , men of Athens , may not try private and public causes on the same principles : the ...
Pàgina 18
... spirit of each individual , nor the fortune of the army , nor the conduct of the war , for which you would make me accountable ; such a blunderer are you ! Yet understand me . Of what a statesman may be responsible for I allow the ...
... spirit of each individual , nor the fortune of the army , nor the conduct of the war , for which you would make me accountable ; such a blunderer are you ! Yet understand me . Of what a statesman may be responsible for I allow the ...
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... spirit or liberality ? None . But , good sir , if there is nothing of this , there is at all events zeal and loyalty . Where ? when ? You infamous fellow ! Even at a time when all who ever spoke upon the platform gave something for the ...
... spirit or liberality ? None . But , good sir , if there is nothing of this , there is at all events zeal and loyalty . Where ? when ? You infamous fellow ! Even at a time when all who ever spoke upon the platform gave something for the ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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