This falls under three headings.įirst, Mr Safire's principle of selection is deeply flawed. My general opinion stated, I will pass to detailed criticism. If I felt the least concern for the environment, I might shed tears for the acres of forest cut down to supply the press on which it was printed. I am astonished at the time and money wasted on its production. It is defective alike in scholarship and in taste. I find it perhaps as worthless a performance as has yet been reviewed in these pages. My own estimate of the book, I regret, is less flattering to Mr Safire's vanity. Buckley Jr, quoted in the same place, it is "wonderfully done, the taste in the selection eclectic, discriminating, piquant, and enchantingly introduced". ditor and subject matter have met to result in a book that draws from the ages - and that will last for decades as the definitive word on human eloquence." According to William F. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados.Īccording the the puff on the dust jacket of this very thick book, "this anthology contains the finest examples of the art of speechmaking in human experience. Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history’s greatest battles and events. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time. George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles’s impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War and from Jesus of Nazareth’s greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, from Gen. This third edition of the bestselling collection of classic and modern oratory offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered-from the ancient world to the modern. From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, this collection of speeches is “the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart” (Peggy Noonan).
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