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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... Catiline The Fourth Philippic . Catiline To the Conspirators 36 45 +355 To His Troops . 50 559 49 JULIUS CAESAR On the Treatment of the Conspirators . 51 CATO , THE YOUNGER The Catilinarian Conspirators 55 MARK ANTONY Oration on the ...
... Catiline The Fourth Philippic . Catiline To the Conspirators 36 45 +355 To His Troops . 50 559 49 JULIUS CAESAR On the Treatment of the Conspirators . 51 CATO , THE YOUNGER The Catilinarian Conspirators 55 MARK ANTONY Oration on the ...
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... 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 CATILINE WHEN , O ...
... 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 CATILINE WHEN , O ...
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... Catiline , long ago to have been led to execution by com- mand of the counsel . That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head . What ? Did not that most illustrious man ...
... Catiline , long ago to have been led to execution by com- mand of the counsel . That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head . What ? Did not that most illustrious man ...
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... Catiline , that you can still expect , if night is not able to veil your nefarious meetings in darkness , and if private houses cannot conceal the voice of your conspiracy within their walls - if every- thing is seen and displayed ...
... Catiline , that you can still expect , if night is not able to veil your nefarious meetings in darkness , and if private houses cannot conceal the voice of your conspiracy within their walls - if every- thing is seen and displayed ...
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... Catiline , continue as you have begun . Leave the city at last : the gates are open ; depart . That Manlian camp of yours has been waiting too long for you as its general . And lead forth with you all your friends , or at least as many ...
... Catiline , continue as you have begun . Leave the city at last : the gates are open ; depart . That Manlian camp of yours has been waiting too long for you as its general . And lead forth with you all your friends , or at least as many ...
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