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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... Future . RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON First Inaugural Address To the Astronauts on the Moon . JOHN VLIET LINDSAY 770 777 779 779 Second Inaugural Address as Mayor XIV World Affairs NIKITA SERGEyevich KhrusHCHEV The Personality Cult and Its ...
... Future . RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON First Inaugural Address To the Astronauts on the Moon . JOHN VLIET LINDSAY 770 777 779 779 Second Inaugural Address as Mayor XIV World Affairs NIKITA SERGEyevich KhrusHCHEV The Personality Cult and Its ...
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... future relics of the public contests . For wherever the greatest rewards are pro- posed for virtue , there the best of patriots are ever to be found . Now let every one respectively indulge in becoming grief for his departed friends ...
... future relics of the public contests . For wherever the greatest rewards are pro- posed for virtue , there the best of patriots are ever to be found . Now let every one respectively indulge in becoming grief for his departed friends ...
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... future ! Then philosophy rises in wrath , and arraigns the judge before justice , and the priest before God ! That is what Voltaire did . It was grand . What Voltaire was , I have said ; what his age was , I am about to say . Great men ...
... future ! Then philosophy rises in wrath , and arraigns the judge before justice , and the priest before God ! That is what Voltaire did . It was grand . What Voltaire was , I have said ; what his age was , I am about to say . Great men ...
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... future , we forgot the idea revealed by God to those who suffered ; and God has punished our forgetfulness by deferring our triumph . The Italian move- ment , my countrymen , is , by decree of Providence , that of Europe . We arise to ...
... future , we forgot the idea revealed by God to those who suffered ; and God has punished our forgetfulness by deferring our triumph . The Italian move- ment , my countrymen , is , by decree of Providence , that of Europe . We arise to ...
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... future of Italy . The immense energy of their souls arose from the intense love which informed their faith . And could they now arise from the grave and speak to you , they would , believe me , address you , though with a power very ...
... future of Italy . The immense energy of their souls arose from the intense love which informed their faith . And could they now arise from the grave and speak to you , they would , believe me , address you , though with a power very ...
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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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