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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... answer came just as quickly: Words on a page do not a speech make. Nor is a script a play, nor a screenplay a movie. What makes a draft speech a real speech is the speaking of it; but without that articulation, without the strong ...
... answer came just as quickly: Words on a page do not a speech make. Nor is a script a play, nor a screenplay a movie. What makes a draft speech a real speech is the speaking of it; but without that articulation, without the strong ...
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... or the eloquence of the words themselves? Here's the answer: The astute reader will note that the previous declarative sentence ends with a colon. The purpose of a colon is to signal a dramatic pause and point to what's coming next . And.
... or the eloquence of the words themselves? Here's the answer: The astute reader will note that the previous declarative sentence ends with a colon. The purpose of a colon is to signal a dramatic pause and point to what's coming next . And.
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... answer : " ( it is not because I do not have an answer ) . The even more astute reader will readily grasp the writerly manipulation under way . This is the preface to the third edition of an anthology of great speeches . Its primary ...
... answer : " ( it is not because I do not have an answer ) . The even more astute reader will readily grasp the writerly manipulation under way . This is the preface to the third edition of an anthology of great speeches . Its primary ...
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... answer to the relative-importance question. Now here's my answer: “Great” speeches are made on occasions of emotional turmoil. The occasion can be a political victory or concession speech, a eulogy of a beloved figure, a summation at a ...
... answer to the relative-importance question. Now here's my answer: “Great” speeches are made on occasions of emotional turmoil. The occasion can be a political victory or concession speech, a eulogy of a beloved figure, a summation at a ...
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... an hour on stage ( and I'm the last one to knock that ) , the trend has not only been toward setting aside half the time to answer questions from the floor , but toward the interview- speech, where the speaker's views are drawn out by the.
... an hour on stage ( and I'm the last one to knock that ) , the trend has not only been toward setting aside half the time to answer questions from the floor , but toward the interview- speech, where the speaker's views are drawn out by the.
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