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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... Liberty . Underground Fighter Menachem Begin Pledges His Group's Allegiance to the Newborn State of Israel Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism General Douglas MacArthur Reminds West Point Cadets of Duty ...
... Liberty . Underground Fighter Menachem Begin Pledges His Group's Allegiance to the Newborn State of Israel Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism General Douglas MacArthur Reminds West Point Cadets of Duty ...
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... Liberty or Death . " I know not what course other anthologists may take , but as for me , I'll take whatever recollected text we have with a grain of salt . The same applies to Oliver Cromwell's expression of displeasure to the English ...
... Liberty or Death . " I know not what course other anthologists may take , but as for me , I'll take whatever recollected text we have with a grain of salt . The same applies to Oliver Cromwell's expression of displeasure to the English ...
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... liberty , and liberty in valor , be prepared to encounter all the dangers of war . For to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair , as in men who hazard the loss of a comfortable ...
... liberty , and liberty in valor , be prepared to encounter all the dangers of war . For to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair , as in men who hazard the loss of a comfortable ...
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... liberty? That liberty is a kind and fostering nurse of greatness will be cheerfully and cordially admitted, but as we have seen national greatness where there was no freedom, so we have seen free nations where baseness rather than ...
... liberty? That liberty is a kind and fostering nurse of greatness will be cheerfully and cordially admitted, but as we have seen national greatness where there was no freedom, so we have seen free nations where baseness rather than ...
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... liberty the waters of darkness retire. eye And now let us indulge an honest exultation in the conviction of the benefit which the example of our country has produced and is likely to produce on human freedom and human happiness. And let ...
... liberty the waters of darkness retire. eye And now let us indulge an honest exultation in the conviction of the benefit which the example of our country has produced and is likely to produce on human freedom and human happiness. And let ...
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