![]() ![]() ![]() They prove that even in a digital age the most forceful medium of communication is still the human voice speaking directly to the mind, heart, and soul. Lincoln felt that his speech at Gettysburg was a failure since it met only polite applause. Murrow, Alistair Cooke, the Buddha, and the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. For this expanded edition Safire has selected more than twenty new speeches by such figures as President Bill Clinton, Senator Robert Dole, General Colin Powell, Microsoft's Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, Edward R. Selected with the instincts of a great speechwriter and language maven, arranged by theme and occasion, each deftly introduced and placed in context, the more than two hundred speeches in this compilation demonstrate the enduring power of human eloquence to inspire, to uplift, and to motivate. It is selected, arranged, and introduced by. There is an emphasis on political speeches, but you will also find commencement speeches, lectures, media speeches, eulogies, farewells, trials, and debates. The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expandedwith a new preface on what makes a speech 'great.' An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, Lend Me Your Ears contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the Rump Parliament, Orson Welles eulogizing. ![]() William Safire's invaluable and immensely entertaining Lend Me Your Ears established itself instantly as a classic treasury of the greatest speeches in human history. Lend Me Your Ears is an impressive compendium of 233 great speeches throughout history, from ancient Rome to modern times. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. The item Lend Me Your Ears : Great Speeches in History represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. The definitive compendium of classic oratory-a book for and of the ages now made even richer and more contemporary. The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expandedwith a new preface on what makes a speech 'great. ![]()
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