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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... principles , if considered fairly , will be found to resemble those of the illustrious ancients , and to have had the same objects in view , while yours resemble those of their calumniators ; for it is certain there were persons in ...
... principles , if considered fairly , will be found to resemble those of the illustrious ancients , and to have had the same objects in view , while yours resemble those of their calumniators ; for it is certain there were persons in ...
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... principles would admit him to prevail on you by anything he could promise , by anything he could do , to sacrifice one state of Greece to your private interest ; but that , as you have the due regard to justice , as you have an ...
... principles would admit him to prevail on you by anything he could promise , by anything he could do , to sacrifice one state of Greece to your private interest ; but that , as you have the due regard to justice , as you have an ...
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... principles ! The senate is aware of these things ; the consul sees them ; and yet this man lives . Lives ! aye , he comes even into the senate . He takes a part in the public deliberations ; he is watching and marking down and checking ...
... principles ! The senate is aware of these things ; the consul sees them ; and yet this man lives . Lives ! aye , he comes even into the senate . He takes a part in the public deliberations ; he is watching and marking down and checking ...
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... principles , and yet I will let you see what these men think of you . Begone from the city , O Catiline , deliver the republic from fear ; depart into banishment , if that is the word you are waiting for . What now , O Catiline ? Do you ...
... principles , and yet I will let you see what these men think of you . Begone from the city , O Catiline , deliver the republic from fear ; depart into banishment , if that is the word you are waiting for . What now , O Catiline ? Do you ...
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... principles . But this enemy of yours is attacking your republic , but has none himself ; is eager to destroy the senate , that is to say , the council of the whole world , but has no public council himself ; he has exhausted your ...
... principles . But this enemy of yours is attacking your republic , but has none himself ; is eager to destroy the senate , that is to say , the council of the whole world , but has no public council himself ; he has exhausted your ...
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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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