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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... and other leaders of the Revolution ; the convincing logic of Hamilton , Madison , Marshall and others favoring or opposing the Federal Constitution ; the great debates over slavery and secession between Webster , Calhoun , Sumner.
... and other leaders of the Revolution ; the convincing logic of Hamilton , Madison , Marshall and others favoring or opposing the Federal Constitution ; the great debates over slavery and secession between Webster , Calhoun , Sumner.
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... slavery and secession between Webster , Calhoun , Sumner , Clay , Douglas and Lincoln ; the masterpieces of America's later great orators— Ingersoll , Bryan , Beveridge , Debs and many more . The historic Presi- dential addresses of ...
... slavery and secession between Webster , Calhoun , Sumner , Clay , Douglas and Lincoln ; the masterpieces of America's later great orators— Ingersoll , Bryan , Beveridge , Debs and many more . The historic Presi- dential addresses of ...
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... Slavery HENRY CLAY On the Compromise of 1850 . 270 278 281 284 286 288 CHARLES SUMNER The Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the ...
... Slavery HENRY CLAY On the Compromise of 1850 . 270 278 281 284 286 288 CHARLES SUMNER The Crime Against Kansas . WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD The Irrepressible Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the ...
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... slaves ? " It would be just , Athenians , to call the men before you who gave those promises which induced you to conclude the peace ; for neither would I have undertaken the embassy , nor would you , I am convinced , have laid down ...
... slaves ? " It would be just , Athenians , to call the men before you who gave those promises which induced you to conclude the peace ; for neither would I have undertaken the embassy , nor would you , I am convinced , have laid down ...
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... slaves and abandoned citizens , so that he shall seem not driven out of the city by you , but let loose by you against the city ? will you not order him to be thrown into prison , to be hurried off to execution , to be put to death with ...
... slaves and abandoned citizens , so that he shall seem not driven out of the city by you , but let loose by you against the city ? will you not order him to be thrown into prison , to be hurried off to execution , to be put to death with ...
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