Safire is credited with penning Agnew's famous phrase "nattering nabobs of negativism," words we use to introduce members of the Negative Team in our Buckley School debates to this day. And Willam Safires 1997 book 'Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History' includes several convention speeches, from Willam Jennings Bryans 'Cross of Gold' address in 1896 to George H. He was also a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. Safire, who died in 2009, was long admired for his column " On Language" in The New York Times Magazine. Speeches in this edition span a broad stretch. 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. View flipping ebook version of (PDF/DOWNLOAD) Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History published by zykell.stoney on.
Our volume weighs 2.4 pounds (according to Safire), so it's a physical workout, too. 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). She says she frequently hauls the school's copy off our library shelves and opens to a random speech for inspiration. From a Pulitzer Prizewinning author, this collection of speeches is the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart (Peggy Noonan). And for Buckley coach Karen Kalutz, one of the best books for participating in the second is this one assembled by William Safire. Then there are Buckley School coaches, who read speeches for pleasure.
SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM SAFIRE "The study of one-liners is engaging if you like the smorgasbord or quick review, but here we offer the meat and potatoes of oratory - oral communication in context, human persuasion in action." – Willam Safire in the introduction to his anthology of speeches Lend me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History Every month we'll be featuring a pick from new books we've come across and old favorites we go back to again and again. A favorite question in every class we lead is this: What public speaking books do you suggest we read? Our shelves are loaded with choices.
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