The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 24. 4. 2012. - 944 страница 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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... Senate 309 Farewell Address at Springfield 315 Address at Gettysburg . 315 Second Inaugural Address 315 HENRY WARD BEECHER The System of Slavery SUSAN B. ANTHONY 317 On Woman's Right to Suffrage 321 ROBERT GREEN Ingersoll Blaine The ...
... Senate 309 Farewell Address at Springfield 315 Address at Gettysburg . 315 Second Inaugural Address 315 HENRY WARD BEECHER The System of Slavery SUSAN B. ANTHONY 317 On Woman's Right to Suffrage 321 ROBERT GREEN Ingersoll Blaine The ...
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... senate ? It is not , therefore , in any degree surprising that no want of the Oppian law , or of any other , to limit the expenses of the women , was felt at that time , when they refused to receive gold and purple that was thrown in ...
... senate ? It is not , therefore , in any degree surprising that no want of the Oppian law , or of any other , to limit the expenses of the women , was felt at that time , when they refused to receive gold and purple that was thrown in ...
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... senate against Catiline foiled the latter's conspiracies against the state . The first of this series of orations , de- livered in 63 B.C. , is presented here . Cicero's " Fourth Philippic " is also reproduced . FIRST ORATION AGAINST ...
... senate against Catiline foiled the latter's conspiracies against the state . The first of this series of orations , de- livered in 63 B.C. , is presented here . Cicero's " Fourth Philippic " is also reproduced . FIRST ORATION AGAINST ...
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... senate , a formidable and authoritative decree against you , O Catiline ; the wisdom of the republic is not at fault , nor the dignity of this senatorial body . We , we alone - I say it openly - we , the consuls , are wanting in our ...
... senate , a formidable and authoritative decree against you , O Catiline ; the wisdom of the republic is not at fault , nor the dignity of this senatorial body . We , we alone - I say it openly - we , the consuls , are wanting in our ...
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... senate that you had fixed the massacre of the nobles for the 28th of October , when many chief men of the senate had left Rome , not so much for the sake of saving themselves as of checking your designs . Can you deny that on that very ...
... senate that you had fixed the massacre of the nobles for the 28th of October , when many chief men of the senate had left Rome , not so much for the sake of saving themselves as of checking your designs . Can you deny that on that very ...
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