The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 2012 M04 24 - 944 páginas 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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... fire and slaughter ? For I pass over older instances , such as how Caius Servilius Ahala with his own hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state . There was — there was once such virtue in this republic that brave ...
... fire and slaughter ? For I pass over older instances , such as how Caius Servilius Ahala with his own hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state . There was — there was once such virtue in this republic that brave ...
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... fires would follow ; and that every place would be filled with arms , corpses , blood , and lamentation . But to what end , in the name of the eternal gods ! was such eloquence directed ? Was it intended to render you indignant at the ...
... fires would follow ; and that every place would be filled with arms , corpses , blood , and lamentation . But to what end , in the name of the eternal gods ! was such eloquence directed ? Was it intended to render you indignant at the ...
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... fire with weeping . THIRD CITIZEN . There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony . FOURTH CITIZEN . Now mark him , he begins again to speak . ANTONY . But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he ...
... fire with weeping . THIRD CITIZEN . There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony . FOURTH CITIZEN . Now mark him , he begins again to speak . ANTONY . But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he ...
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... Fire ! Kill ! Slay ! Let not a traitor live ! ANTONY . Stay , countrymen . FIRST CITIZEN . Peace there ! hear the noble Antony . SECOND CITIZEN . We'll hear him , we'll follow him , we'll die with him . ANTONY . Good friends , sweet ...
... Fire ! Kill ! Slay ! Let not a traitor live ! ANTONY . Stay , countrymen . FIRST CITIZEN . Peace there ! hear the noble Antony . SECOND CITIZEN . We'll hear him , we'll follow him , we'll die with him . ANTONY . Good friends , sweet ...
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... fire the traitors ' houses . Take up the body . SECOND CITIZEN . Go fetch fire . THIRD CITIZEN . Pluck down benches . FOURTH CITIZEN . Pluck down forms , windows , anything . [ Exeunt Citizens with the body . ] ANTONY . Now let it work ...
... fire the traitors ' houses . Take up the body . SECOND CITIZEN . Go fetch fire . THIRD CITIZEN . Pluck down benches . FOURTH CITIZEN . Pluck down forms , windows , anything . [ Exeunt Citizens with the body . ] ANTONY . Now let it work ...
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The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
The World's Great Speeches Lewis Copeland,Lawrence W. Lamm,Stephen J. McKenna Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
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