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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... past child - bearing should be comforted in the hope of having more . The children yet to be born will be a private benefit to some in causing them to forget such as no longer are , and will be a double benefit to their country in ...
... past child - bearing should be comforted in the hope of having more . The children yet to be born will be a private benefit to some in causing them to forget such as no longer are , and will be a double benefit to their country in ...
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... past . For what additional advantage could we even wish to have , if intending to go to war with the king , beyond what we already possess ? Has not Egypt revolted from him , as well as Cyprus ; and have not Phoenicia and Syria been ...
... past . For what additional advantage could we even wish to have , if intending to go to war with the king , beyond what we already possess ? Has not Egypt revolted from him , as well as Cyprus ; and have not Phoenicia and Syria been ...
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... past ? As if a physician should visit his patients , and not order or prescribe anything to cure the disease , but on the death of any one , when the last ceremonies were performing , should follow him to the grave and expound , how ...
... past ? As if a physician should visit his patients , and not order or prescribe anything to cure the disease , but on the death of any one , when the last ceremonies were performing , should follow him to the grave and expound , how ...
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... past afford for a good man and true to show himself ; during which time you are nowhere to be found , neither first , second , third , fourth , fifth , nor sixth - not in any rank at all - certainly on no service by Greece and Rome 23.
... past afford for a good man and true to show himself ; during which time you are nowhere to be found , neither first , second , third , fourth , fifth , nor sixth - not in any rank at all - certainly on no service by Greece and Rome 23.
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... past conduct was the effect of choice ; and from all his actions , it appears that all his actions are directly leveled against this state ; and there is in some sort a necessity for this . Consider , he aims at empire , and from you ...
... past conduct was the effect of choice ; and from all his actions , it appears that all his actions are directly leveled against this state ; and there is in some sort a necessity for this . Consider , he aims at empire , and from you ...
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