“The West Coast was one of the important spawning grounds for the electronic industry going back to the early decades of this century. Those of us who have been involved in this activity since the late 1930s have been part of one of the great industrial revolutions of this era. Since the...
In further illustration of this peculiar power of Webster, the Speech of the 7th of March, 1850, may be cited, for its delivery is to be ranked with the most important historical events. For some years it was the object of the extremes of panegyric and the extremes of execration. But th...
“Let us then look at this matter of power and freedom in a broader sense. Let us see if a look at the historical relation between power and freedom gives us a clue as to the proper course. With the holding of power, comes the responsibility for its proper use, A study of the histo...
When our future president – then a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois –Barack Obamadelivered a 17-minute speech on the evening of July 27, 2004, at the Democratic National Convention endorsing presidential candidate John Kerry, the personal trajectory of one man and the history of an...
June 11, 1963 Excerpt of President JOHN F. KENNEDY delivering a National address regarding the commission of the National Guard to ensure the enrollment of two African-American students into the University of Alabama. "Good evening my fellow citizens: This afternoon, following a series of threats...
A selection of speeches made for the purpose of illustrating the best rhetorical form of British Oratory has already been published in ‘The World’s Classics’. The governing principle of this volume is not rhetorical quality, but historical interest. Speeches have been selected from the earliest...
I saymightbecome a memoir because I have not decided yet whether to proceed. What I have so far is 150 pages of vignettes, short stories about interesting people I have met and interesting historical moments I have witnessed. I want to save plenty of time for conversation so I will tell ...
I believe in the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao asgeneral secretary under the leadership of, will grasp the important historicalopportunity to inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of solving ideas,seeking truth from facts, keep pace with the times, pioneering and innovative,...
Fig. 2b. New Oxford English Dictionary Definition of Addiction (first appeared in 1933 in the OED Supplement.) During the historical period of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies, western society constricted, moralized, and medicalized the concept of addiction (Fig. 2b). Since then we have ...
Talking a bit about the 152 year history of the Franklin Institute, Packard says he would like “to congratulate all of those associated with the Institute for the honor they recently received when the United States Congress designated this Hall as a National Memorial to Benjamin Franklin….The ...