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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... party of our forces , they boastingly give it out a total defeat ; and if they are beat , they were certainly overpowered by our united strength . What though from a state of inactivity rather than laborious exercise , or with a natural ...
... party of our forces , they boastingly give it out a total defeat ; and if they are beat , they were certainly overpowered by our united strength . What though from a state of inactivity rather than laborious exercise , or with a natural ...
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... party — but me . And when you and Pythocles came forward in a brutal and shameful manner ( O merciful Heaven ! ) and urged the same accusa- tions against me which you now do , and abused me , they elected me all the more . The reason ...
... party — but me . And when you and Pythocles came forward in a brutal and shameful manner ( O merciful Heaven ! ) and urged the same accusa- tions against me which you now do , and abused me , they elected me all the more . The reason ...
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... party spirit , infatuated by its ministerial authority , and , after thus being the slave of many influences in turn , it has ended in an insidious denunciation of your decrees , the king's freedom of choice , his journey to Paris , the ...
... party spirit , infatuated by its ministerial authority , and , after thus being the slave of many influences in turn , it has ended in an insidious denunciation of your decrees , the king's freedom of choice , his journey to Paris , the ...
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... party of liberty would show itself ; for it is not dead ! And if you know your duties , if your commissioners leave at once , if you extend the hand to the strangers aspiring to destroy all forms of tyranny , France is saved and the ...
... party of liberty would show itself ; for it is not dead ! And if you know your duties , if your commissioners leave at once , if you extend the hand to the strangers aspiring to destroy all forms of tyranny , France is saved and the ...
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... party as well as the other - of this enemy , which is always ready to foment discord , and to whom all means are lawful provided he can attain his end , namely - universal oppression and tyranny over the whole extent of the ocean . I ...
... party as well as the other - of this enemy , which is always ready to foment discord , and to whom all means are lawful provided he can attain his end , namely - universal oppression and tyranny over the whole extent of the ocean . I ...
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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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