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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... hope of the editors that the Revised Edition will prove in every way as valuable and interesting as the original book and that its welcome will be increased by the inclusion of so many outstanding and varied present- day speeches . 1958 ...
... hope of the editors that the Revised Edition will prove in every way as valuable and interesting as the original book and that its welcome will be increased by the inclusion of so many outstanding and varied present- day speeches . 1958 ...
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... hope attendant upon want , that poverty at length might be exchanged for affluence . One passion there was in their minds much stronger than these -- the desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding this as the most honorable prize ...
... hope attendant upon want , that poverty at length might be exchanged for affluence . One passion there was in their minds much stronger than these -- the desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding this as the most honorable prize ...
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... hope . For this reason , the parents of those who are now gone , whoever of them may be attending here , I do not bewail - I shall rather comfort . It is well known to what unhappy accidents they were liable from the moment of their ...
... hope . For this reason , the parents of those who are now gone , whoever of them may be attending here , I do not bewail - I shall rather comfort . It is well known to what unhappy accidents they were liable from the moment of their ...
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... hope , nor fear , nor anything else could tempt or induce to betray aught that I considered just and beneficial to my country . Whatever I have advised my fellow citizens , I have never advised like you men , leaning as in a balance to ...
... hope , nor fear , nor anything else could tempt or induce to betray aught that I considered just and beneficial to my country . Whatever I have advised my fellow citizens , I have never advised like you men , leaning as in a balance to ...
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... hope . Then what happiness will you enjoy ! with what delight will you exult ! in what pleasure will you revel ! when in so numerous a body of friends you neither hear nor see one good man . All the toils you have gone through have ...
... hope . Then what happiness will you enjoy ! with what delight will you exult ! in what pleasure will you revel ! when in so numerous a body of friends you neither hear nor see one good man . All the toils you have gone through have ...
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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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