Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in HistoryWilliam Safire Rosetta Books, 2014 M04 22 - 1148 páginas From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, this collection of speeches is “the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart” (Peggy Noonan). This third edition of the bestselling collection of classic and modern oratory offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered—from the ancient world to the modern. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, from Gen. George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles’s impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War; and from Jesus of Nazareth’s greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time. Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history’s greatest battles and events. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados. |
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... Lord General Oliver Cromwell Orders the “ Rump Parliament ” Out of the House A Youthful William Pitt the Elder Debates the Merits of Age William Pitt the Younger and Charles Fox Disagree on Napoleon's Offers of Peace Senator Daniel ...
... Lord General Oliver Cromwell Orders the “ Rump Parliament ” Out of the House A Youthful William Pitt the Elder Debates the Merits of Age William Pitt the Younger and Charles Fox Disagree on Napoleon's Offers of Peace Senator Daniel ...
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... Lord Byron Puts Poetic Passion into His Defense of Labor's Rights Social Reformer Maria Stewart Advocates Education for Black Women Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pleads for Women's Rights Evangelist Sojourner Truth Speaks for ...
... Lord Byron Puts Poetic Passion into His Defense of Labor's Rights Social Reformer Maria Stewart Advocates Education for Black Women Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pleads for Women's Rights Evangelist Sojourner Truth Speaks for ...
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... Lord Protector's contemporaries said he said into a half - quoted , half - narrated account . I include it here as the best approximation of what the regicidal spurner of a crown said that memorable day , but we should not assume - as ...
... Lord Protector's contemporaries said he said into a half - quoted , half - narrated account . I include it here as the best approximation of what the regicidal spurner of a crown said that memorable day , but we should not assume - as ...
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... Lord Byron on the rights of labor ; populist Huey Long and his " Every Man a King " ; Margaret Chase Smith on the conscience of a senator ; and Czech dissident become president Václav Havel on improvement politics as " the art of the ...
... Lord Byron on the rights of labor ; populist Huey Long and his " Every Man a King " ; Margaret Chase Smith on the conscience of a senator ; and Czech dissident become president Václav Havel on improvement politics as " the art of the ...
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... LORDS, THE present occasion is too serious to allow me to follow the convention that a woman should not speak in a man's council. Those whose interests are threatened by extreme danger should think only of the wisest course of action ...
... LORDS, THE present occasion is too serious to allow me to follow the convention that a woman should not speak in a man's council. Those whose interests are threatened by extreme danger should think only of the wisest course of action ...
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