The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 24. apr. 2012 - 944 sider 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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... Live Again !. 463 464 466 468 The Position of Ethiopia . Frederico LAREDO BRU United Hemisphere Defense ADOLF HITLER Germany's Claims German Conquests . 470 471 No More Territorial Demands . 474 480 484 BENITO MUSSOLINI A Call to Arms ...
... Live Again !. 463 464 466 468 The Position of Ethiopia . Frederico LAREDO BRU United Hemisphere Defense ADOLF HITLER Germany's Claims German Conquests . 470 471 No More Territorial Demands . 474 480 484 BENITO MUSSOLINI A Call to Arms ...
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... lives and completed in their deaths . For it is a debt of justice to pay superior honors to men who have devoted their ... live . From the reproach of cowardice , indeed , they fled , but presented their bodies to the shock of battle ...
... lives and completed in their deaths . For it is a debt of justice to pay superior honors to men who have devoted their ... live . From the reproach of cowardice , indeed , they fled , but presented their bodies to the shock of battle ...
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... live in that way . For neither in a trial nor in battle is it right that I or any one else should employ every possible means whereby he may avoid death ; for in battle it is frequently evident that a man might escape death by laying ...
... live in that way . For neither in a trial nor in battle is it right that I or any one else should employ every possible means whereby he may avoid death ; for in battle it is frequently evident that a man might escape death by laying ...
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... live there are more happy than those that are here , and are henceforth immortal , if at least what is said be true . You , therefore , O my judges , ought to entertain good hopes with respect to death , and to meditate on this one ...
... live there are more happy than those that are here , and are henceforth immortal , if at least what is said be true . You , therefore , O my judges , ought to entertain good hopes with respect to death , and to meditate on this one ...
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... live as free citizens , and by means of which we are able to live . Of the wars , indeed , the Persian was the most famous ; the old achievements , however , are not less strong proofs for those who dispute about hereditary institutions ...
... live as free citizens , and by means of which we are able to live . Of the wars , indeed , the Persian was the most famous ; the old achievements , however , are not less strong proofs for those who dispute about hereditary institutions ...
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