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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... Honor 185 William Ewart GladstonE On Domestic and Foreign Affairs . 188 Cardinal Manning Anti - Semitism 191 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN The British Empire . 194 Emmeline Pankhurst Militant Suffragists . SIR EDWARD Grey 196 199 England's ...
... Honor 185 William Ewart GladstonE On Domestic and Foreign Affairs . 188 Cardinal Manning Anti - Semitism 191 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN The British Empire . 194 Emmeline Pankhurst Militant Suffragists . SIR EDWARD Grey 196 199 England's ...
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... honor of those who sacrifice their lives in fighting for their country . For my part , I think it sufficient for men who have proved their virtue in action , by action to be honored for it - by such as you see the public gratitude now ...
... honor of those who sacrifice their lives in fighting for their country . For my part , I think it sufficient for men who have proved their virtue in action , by action to be honored for it - by such as you see the public gratitude now ...
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... honor is the employ of either word or act , eternally remembered . For the whole earth is the sepulchre of illustrious men ; nor is it the inscription on the columns in their native land alone that shows their merit , but the memorial ...
... honor is the employ of either word or act , eternally remembered . For the whole earth is the sepulchre of illustrious men ; nor is it the inscription on the columns in their native land alone that shows their merit , but the memorial ...
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... honor . To you , the sons and brothers of the deceased , whatever number of you are here , a field of hardy ... honored . Their children from this day till they arrive at manhood shall be educated at the public expense of the state which ...
... honor . To you , the sons and brothers of the deceased , whatever number of you are here , a field of hardy ... honored . Their children from this day till they arrive at manhood shall be educated at the public expense of the state which ...
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... honor of the fallen and celebrate their valor should not have sat under the same roof or at the same table with their antagonists ; that he should not revel there and sing a pæan over the calamities of Greece in company with their ...
... honor of the fallen and celebrate their valor should not have sat under the same roof or at the same table with their antagonists ; that he should not revel there and sing a pæan over the calamities of Greece in company with their ...
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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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