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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... sacrifice their lives in fighting for their country . For my part , I think it sufficient for men who have proved their virtue in action , by action to be honored for it - by such as you see the public gratitude now performing about ...
... sacrifice their lives in fighting for their country . For my part , I think it sufficient for men who have proved their virtue in action , by action to be honored for it - by such as you see the public gratitude now performing about ...
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... sacrifice life in such a cause . And for this reason have I enlarged so much on national points , to give the clearest proof that in the present war we have more at stake than men whose public advantages are not so valuable , and to ...
... sacrifice life in such a cause . And for this reason have I enlarged so much on national points , to give the clearest proof that in the present war we have more at stake than men whose public advantages are not so valuable , and to ...
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... sacrifice one state of Greece to your private interest ; but that , as you have the due regard to justice , as you have an abhorrence of the least stain on your honor , and as you have that quick discernment which nothing can escape ...
... sacrifice one state of Greece to your private interest ; but that , as you have the due regard to justice , as you have an abhorrence of the least stain on your honor , and as you have that quick discernment which nothing can escape ...
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... sacrificed all my interests to those of the country . I go , but you , my friends , will continue to serve France . Her ... sacrifice of that liberty ? Nay ! Would it not be an annulment of his own work to convert that country into his ...
... sacrificed all my interests to those of the country . I go , but you , my friends , will continue to serve France . Her ... sacrifice of that liberty ? Nay ! Would it not be an annulment of his own work to convert that country into his ...
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... stable than any arbitrary government , than any oligarchy . But , nevertheless ( I repeat it ) , I shall be always ready to sacrifice my dearest affections to the interest of our common country ; 90 The World's Great Speeches.
... stable than any arbitrary government , than any oligarchy . But , nevertheless ( I repeat it ) , I shall be always ready to sacrifice my dearest affections to the interest of our common country ; 90 The World's Great Speeches.
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