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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... tion now is not in what condition we are to live , but whether we are to live at all , or to perish with torture and ignominy . Although nature , indeed , has appointed death for all men , yet valor is accustomed to ward off any cruelty ...
... tion now is not in what condition we are to live , but whether we are to live at all , or to perish with torture and ignominy . Although nature , indeed , has appointed death for all men , yet valor is accustomed to ward off any cruelty ...
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... tion almost entirely composed of my most mortal enemies , all members of the faction , it was drawn with such want of reflection that it bears on its face all the characteristics of dense ignorance , falsehood , madness , fury , and ...
... tion almost entirely composed of my most mortal enemies , all members of the faction , it was drawn with such want of reflection that it bears on its face all the characteristics of dense ignorance , falsehood , madness , fury , and ...
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... tion , that they hastened to consecrate this right by the famous decree of June 23 , 1789 , before they had even constituted themselves the National Assembly . They felt so thoroughly that this right was inherent in every public ...
... tion , that they hastened to consecrate this right by the famous decree of June 23 , 1789 , before they had even constituted themselves the National Assembly . They felt so thoroughly that this right was inherent in every public ...
Pàgina 87
... tion of his work . If the citizen has restored public liberty , if he has been a benefactor to his country , would it be a proper recompense to offer him the sacrifice of that liberty ? Nay ! Would it not be an annulment of his own work ...
... tion of his work . If the citizen has restored public liberty , if he has been a benefactor to his country , would it be a proper recompense to offer him the sacrifice of that liberty ? Nay ! Would it not be an annulment of his own work ...
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... tion . In what interest ? In the interest of religion . And who was accused ? The father . He was a Huguenot , and he wished to hinder his son from becoming a Catholic . There was here a moral monstrosity and a material impossibility ...
... tion . In what interest ? In the interest of religion . And who was accused ? The father . He was a Huguenot , and he wished to hinder his son from becoming a Catholic . There was here a moral monstrosity and a material impossibility ...
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