The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred. They prove that even in a digital age the most forceful medium of communication is still the human voice speaking directly to the mind, heart, and soul. Book Review: Lend Me Your Ears - Great Speeches in History Writing a review of this book takes some courage, for this is a book coauthored by hundreds of remarkable characters throughout the human history. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Murrow, Alistair Cooke, the Buddha, and the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The book has pages that are folded or dog eared at the corners. There is writing, discoloration, or markings on the edges of the pages. The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. Buy the eBook List Price 19.99 USD Your price 14. From a Pulitzer Prizewinning author, this collection of speeches is the most valuable kind of book, the kind that bene. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados. For this expanded edition Safire has selected more than twenty new speeches by such figures as President Bill Clinton, Senator Robert Dole, General Colin Powell, Microsoft's Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, Edward R. Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History 9780393059311 eBayThe cover has visible markings and wear. Read 'Lend Me Your Ears Great Speeches in History' by William Safire available from Rakuten Kobo.Selected with the instincts of a great speechwriter and language maven, arranged by theme and occasion, each deftly introduced and placed in context, the more than two hundred speeches in this compilation demonstrate the enduring power of human eloquence to inspire, to uplift, and to motivate. Lend Me Your Ears 36.00 An updated and expanded collection of speeches given around the world from ancient to modern times and for a variety of occasions, this book will be a life-long reference for anyone who will be preaching, teaching, or performing any public speaking. William Safire's invaluable and immensely entertaining Lend Me Your Ears established itself instantly as a classic treasury of the greatest speeches in human history. The definitive compendium of classic oratory-a book for and of the ages now made even richer and more contemporary.
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