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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... Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the Death of John Brown . STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS Reply to Lincoln 291 295 298 299 301 JEFFERSON ...
... Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the Death of John Brown . STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS Reply to Lincoln 291 295 298 299 301 JEFFERSON ...
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... crimes of which your conscience accused you ; though all have seen how bold you were during the mis- fortunes of the rest . A man who took courage at the death of a thousand citizens — what does he deserve at the hands of the living ? A ...
... crimes of which your conscience accused you ; though all have seen how bold you were during the mis- fortunes of the rest . A man who took courage at the death of a thousand citizens — what does he deserve at the hands of the living ? A ...
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... crime can an orator be charged with than that his opinions and his language are not the same ? Such is found to be your character . And yet you open your mouth , and dare to look these men in the faces ! Do you think they don't know you ...
... crime can an orator be charged with than that his opinions and his language are not the same ? Such is found to be your character . And yet you open your mouth , and dare to look these men in the faces ! Do you think they don't know you ...
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... crimes , when the whole community is in danger of being involved in his destruction . Cato , the Elder [ 234 B.C. - 149 B.C. ] Known as the Censor , and as the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson , Marcus Porcius Cato was an ...
... crimes , when the whole community is in danger of being involved in his destruction . Cato , the Elder [ 234 B.C. - 149 B.C. ] Known as the Censor , and as the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson , Marcus Porcius Cato was an ...
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... crime , or a torch for licentious wickedness ? What ? when lately by the death of your former wife you had made your house empty and ready for a new bridal , did you not even add another incredible wickedness to this wickedness ? But I ...
... crime , or a torch for licentious wickedness ? What ? when lately by the death of your former wife you had made your house empty and ready for a new bridal , did you not even add another incredible wickedness to this wickedness ? But I ...
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