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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... To His Soldiers CAVOUR Rome and Italy . LOUIS KOSSUTH America's Welcome 63 64 65 67 98 69 69 70 74 77 78 79 83 5885 85 86 86 87 87 91 98 102 103 тоб LEON GAMBETTA To the Delegates from Alsace . EMILE ZOLA viii Contents.
... To His Soldiers CAVOUR Rome and Italy . LOUIS KOSSUTH America's Welcome 63 64 65 67 98 69 69 70 74 77 78 79 83 5885 85 86 86 87 87 91 98 102 103 тоб LEON GAMBETTA To the Delegates from Alsace . EMILE ZOLA viii Contents.
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... Soldiers . 139 LEON TROTZKY To the Red Army . 140 NIKOLAI LENIN The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 141 MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Napoleon . 144 ARISTIDE BRIAND Naval Disarmament 145 III Great Britain and Ireland OLIVER CROMWELL On the ...
... Soldiers . 139 LEON TROTZKY To the Red Army . 140 NIKOLAI LENIN The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 141 MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Napoleon . 144 ARISTIDE BRIAND Naval Disarmament 145 III Great Britain and Ireland OLIVER CROMWELL On the ...
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... PERIOD X United States Government BERNARD MANNES BARUCH Control of Atomic Weapons HARRY S. TRUMAN Inaugural Address . Powers of the President 587 589 592 DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Old Soldiers Never Die . 594 Adlai Ewing xvi Contents.
... PERIOD X United States Government BERNARD MANNES BARUCH Control of Atomic Weapons HARRY S. TRUMAN Inaugural Address . Powers of the President 587 589 592 DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Old Soldiers Never Die . 594 Adlai Ewing xvi Contents.
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... Soldiers Never Die . 594 Adlai Ewing STEVENSON Acceptance of Nomination 597 United States Far Eastern Policy . 599 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Inaugural Address 603 Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy 607 The Spirit of Geneva . 610 EARL WARREN A ...
... Soldiers Never Die . 594 Adlai Ewing STEVENSON Acceptance of Nomination 597 United States Far Eastern Policy . 599 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Inaugural Address 603 Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy 607 The Spirit of Geneva . 610 EARL WARREN A ...
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... soldiers who fell in the Peloponnesian War . FUNERAL ORATION MANY of those who have spoken before me on these occasions have com- mended the author of that law which we now are obeying for having instituted an oration to the honor of ...
... soldiers who fell in the Peloponnesian War . FUNERAL ORATION MANY of those who have spoken before me on these occasions have com- mended the author of that law which we now are obeying for having instituted an oration to the honor of ...
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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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