The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna Courier Corporation, 24 apr 2012 - 944 pagina's 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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... Speeches up to date once more , by the addition of Part V , Important Speeches of the Sixties . All of the speeches included in the Revised Edition of 1958 are present here in the same sequence and grouping as before . The new material ...
... Speeches up to date once more , by the addition of Part V , Important Speeches of the Sixties . All of the speeches included in the Revised Edition of 1958 are present here in the same sequence and grouping as before . The new material ...
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... speeches of our own day , speeches delivered during the years since the original edition . Thus , the book is once more a convenient handbook of the best in current spoken thinking on vital national , international , political ...
... speeches of our own day , speeches delivered during the years since the original edition . Thus , the book is once more a convenient handbook of the best in current spoken thinking on vital national , international , political ...
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... Speeches have their origins in antiquity . Perhaps the funeral oration was the first public utterance . As man's progress developed , the need for speech - making increased . The more gifted speakers became the law- makers and leaders ...
... Speeches have their origins in antiquity . Perhaps the funeral oration was the first public utterance . As man's progress developed , the need for speech - making increased . The more gifted speakers became the law- makers and leaders ...
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... speeches delivered by more than 210 speakers . In each case the speaker and speech are preceded by biographical and introductory notes . At the end of the book , the index by topics will aid the reader in quest of certain types of speeches ...
... speeches delivered by more than 210 speakers . In each case the speaker and speech are preceded by biographical and introductory notes . At the end of the book , the index by topics will aid the reader in quest of certain types of speeches ...
Pagina xxi
... SPEECHES BY BLACK AMERICANS Compiled by Philip S. Foner HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America . FREDERICK DOUGLASS The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro ... Speech 500 BEIJING Contents xxi.
... SPEECHES BY BLACK AMERICANS Compiled by Philip S. Foner HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America . FREDERICK DOUGLASS The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro ... Speech 500 BEIJING Contents xxi.
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