01752nam a22002777i 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802000150007603500320009104000310012308200150015410000210016924500700019026400360026030000150029633600260031133700280033733800270036552009690039265000240136165000300138565000190141565000140143465000130144865000130146120261016202636.0261016s1997    xx ||||| |||||||| 0|eng d  a9780393040050  a0393040054  a(KOHALIB)isbn-9780393040050  aKOHALIBbengerdacKOHALIB04a808.852231 aSafire, William.10aLend me your ears :bGreat speeches in history /cWilliam Safire. 1aNew York :bW.W. Norton,c1997.  a1055 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aAn instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. It is selected, arranged, and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament," Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking on . A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech. 4aSpeeches, Addresses 4aSpeeches, Addresses, Etc. 4aFamous Persons 4aAddresses 4aPolitics 4aReligion