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1861: Abraham Lincoln's Fourth of July Address, a written statement sent to the U.S. Congress, recounts the initial stages of the American Civil War and sets out Abraham Lincoln's analysis of the southern slave states rebellion as well as Lincoln's thoughts on the war and American society. Otto von Bismarck in the North German Parliament
The Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English, better known as simply the Brown Corpus, is an electronic collection of text samples of American English, the first major structured corpus of varied genres. This corpus first set the bar for the scientific study of the frequency and distribution of word categories in ...
Speech written by Cato calling for a war against Carthage. Cato the Elder 143 BCE [10] [11] De Domo Sua: On his House: Cicero discusses grief and sacrifice Cicero 57 BCE [12] [13] De Falsis Pugnis: On Falsified Battles: Speech written by Cato against general who sought triumphs for territories they had not conquered through war. Cato the Elder ...
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...
In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46] The speech was widely covered on news networks, and made headlines across the country.
Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelling.
Speeches in the Parliament of the United Kingdom (4 P) S. Sermons (4 C, 11 P) State of the Nation Addresses (Philippines) (15 P) State of the Union addresses (2 C, 7 ...
Kindergarten teacher Jeff Berry gave a touching speech at the Lawrence High School graduation on June 18, recognizing that many of the grads had been part of his kindergarten class when he began ...