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The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded—with 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... read more
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- Dole
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- Mussolini
- Martin Luther King
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- Adlai Stevenson
- Carter
- Paul
- Howard
- George Bush
- Hamilton
- Einstein
- Murrow
- Webster
- Patrick Henry
- Charles
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- Mr. Emerson
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- America
- United States
- Europe
- England
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- Washington
- Germany
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- South Vietnam
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- India
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First Sentence edit
"THOSE . . . have the greatest souls, who, most acutely sensible of the miseries of war and the sweets of peace, are not hence in the least deterred from facing danger."
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Safire (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 808.85
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Public Speaking
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Rhetoric
- Books › Medicine › Allied Health Professions › Audiology & Speech Pathology
- Books › Reference › Quotations
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
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