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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... danger ? -this good , at least , we receive from it , that we never droop under the apprehension of possible misfortunes , and when we hazard the danger , are found no less courageous than those who are continually inured to it . In ...
... danger ? -this good , at least , we receive from it , that we never droop under the apprehension of possible misfortunes , and when we hazard the danger , are found no less courageous than those who are continually inured to it . In ...
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... danger , through fondness of those delights which the peaceful affluent life bestows - not one was the less lavish ... dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark to glut revenge and then to satisfy those secondary passions . The ...
... danger , through fondness of those delights which the peaceful affluent life bestows - not one was the less lavish ... dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark to glut revenge and then to satisfy those secondary passions . The ...
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... dangers of war . For to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair ... danger for its safety . But you , whose age is already far advanced , compute the greater share of happiness your ...
... dangers of war . For to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair ... danger for its safety . But you , whose age is already far advanced , compute the greater share of happiness your ...
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... danger , to do anything unworthy of a freeman , nor do I now repent of having so defended myself ; but I should much rather choose to die having so defended myself than to live in that way . For neither in a trial nor in battle is it ...
... danger , to do anything unworthy of a freeman , nor do I now repent of having so defended myself ; but I should much rather choose to die having so defended myself than to live in that way . For neither in a trial nor in battle is it ...
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... dangers in respect of war , but also is the cause of that established order besides in which we dwell and with which we ... danger against one state indeed , but would at the same time conquer all . They did not , however , succeed , but ...
... dangers in respect of war , but also is the cause of that established order besides in which we dwell and with which we ... danger against one state indeed , but would at the same time conquer all . They did not , however , succeed , but ...
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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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