The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition

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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 Vclav Havel. Among the memorable speeches included here are Pericles funeral oration St. Bernards advocacy of the Second Crusade William Jennings Bryans "Cross of Gold" speech Winston Churchills "Blood Sweat and Tears" address Richard Nixons speech to the astronauts on the moon Malcolm Xs 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 othersover 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 Jordans Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee for the Nixon Impeachment Proceedings (1974); Alexander Solzhenitsyns Harvard Commencement Address (1978); Ronald Regans First Inaugural Address (1981): Nelson Mandelas Address to a Rally in Cape Town on His Release from Prison (1990); Vclav Havels Address to a Joint Session of Congress (1990); the Earl of Spencers 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.