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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... Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the Death of John Brown . STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS Reply to Lincoln 291 295 298 299 301 JEFFERSON DAVIS On Withdrawal from the Union . 305 ABRAHAM LINCOLN On His ...
... Conflict JOHN BROWN On Being Sentenced to Death . WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON On the Death of John Brown . STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS Reply to Lincoln 291 295 298 299 301 JEFFERSON DAVIS On Withdrawal from the Union . 305 ABRAHAM LINCOLN On His ...
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... conflicts and wars which may put an end to their capitalistic existence , then they remind themselves that they have ... conflict she denied right , appealed to force , flouted history , and in order to violate the neutrality of Belgium ...
... conflicts and wars which may put an end to their capitalistic existence , then they remind themselves that they have ... conflict she denied right , appealed to force , flouted history , and in order to violate the neutrality of Belgium ...
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... conflict , and still less in the midst of it . I may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event . Let me add , that I do not choose wholly to break the American spirit , because it is the spirit that has made the country ...
... conflict , and still less in the midst of it . I may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event . Let me add , that I do not choose wholly to break the American spirit , because it is the spirit that has made the country ...
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