The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) EditionLewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna 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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... final Part of the original edition . But it is interesting to note that a few of the speeches included in Chapter XI on International Affairs are presented in an informal setting and may therefore be considered examples of informal ...
... final Part of the original edition . But it is interesting to note that a few of the speeches included in Chapter XI on International Affairs are presented in an informal setting and may therefore be considered examples of informal ...
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... final decision from some other country . We can be bribed very easily - perhaps too easily - with love and good - will . But with threats , never ! We Germans fear God , and nothing else in the world . It is the fear of God which makes ...
... final decision from some other country . We can be bribed very easily - perhaps too easily - with love and good - will . But with threats , never ! We Germans fear God , and nothing else in the world . It is the fear of God which makes ...
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... final decision had been reached in Vienna , came the news that Russia had mobilized her entire military force against us as well . [ " Hear , hear ! " ] The Russian government , which knew from our repeated representations what ...
... final decision had been reached in Vienna , came the news that Russia had mobilized her entire military force against us as well . [ " Hear , hear ! " ] The Russian government , which knew from our repeated representations what ...
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... final victory has not yet come . Till that day our task will be a severe one , and it may be long drawn out . Let us stiffen our will and courage . Destined to uphold the heaviest burden of glory that a people can carry this country is ...
... final victory has not yet come . Till that day our task will be a severe one , and it may be long drawn out . Let us stiffen our will and courage . Destined to uphold the heaviest burden of glory that a people can carry this country is ...
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... final success . Our men can only give their lives ; but you through patience , firmness and determination can give them what they deserve - victory . [ Applause . ] You have before you a government , which , as it told you at the very ...
... final success . Our men can only give their lives ; but you through patience , firmness and determination can give them what they deserve - victory . [ Applause . ] You have before you a government , which , as it told you at the very ...
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