The World''s Great Speeches
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0486409031
ISBN-13
9780486409030
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
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Dover Publications Inc.
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 28th, 2003
Print length
944 Pages
Weight
1,066 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.00 x 4.40 cms
Product Classification:
Dictionaries of quotationsQuotations, proverbs and sayings
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Nearly 300 speeches provide public speakers with a wealth of quotes and inspiration, from Pericles' funeral oration and William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech to Malcolm X's powerful words on the Black Revolution. Includes 7 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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.
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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