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"No struggle, no progress"
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Wolfgang Mieder |
"Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is a giant among civil rights leaders of the United States. With words and deeds he fought against slavery and championed civil rights for all citizens, regardless of … |
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Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
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John Lukacs |
On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain’s government had … |
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My Uncle Martin's words for America
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Angela Farris Watkins |
Angela Farris Watkins, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., recounts her uncle's work to promote racial equality and introduces key events during the civil rights era. |
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Give me liberty
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Christopher Webber |
"Give me liberty," demanded Patrick Henry, "or give me death!" Henry's words continue to echo in American history and that quote, and the speech it comes from, remains one of the two or three known t… |
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Yu yan de tu po
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Dai'er Kanaiji |
Ben shu you " you xiao shuo hua de ji ben fa ze ", " jiang yan, jiang yan zhe ji ting zhong ", " lin shi zhun bei yu ji xi jiang yan de mu de ", " gou tong de yi shu ", " you xiao shuo hua de tiao zh… |
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On Eloquence
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Denis Donoghue |
On Eloquence questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subset of rhetoric, a means toward a rhetorical end. Denis Donoghue, an eminent and prolific critic of the English language, ho… |
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An American story
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David Olive |
Barack Obama’s superb and captivating oratory style has earned him comparisons to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and this collection of his complete speeches—presented for the first time in … |
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America/Américas
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Eldon Kenworthy |
"Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism a… |
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The new rhetoric
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Chaim Perelman |
An argument for moving rhetoric away from the techniques of Descartes and the analytic philosophers and towards those of the ancient Greeks. |
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Brutus
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Cicero |
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President Obama and a new birth of freedom
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Joseph Cummins |
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord . . . . Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the wo… |
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