History's Greatest Speeches - Volume V

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Publisher Description

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has collected some of the most important and iconic speeches of all time and presented them in this series.

Volume V features such disparate historical characters as Pope Urban II urging the beginning of the Crusades, Napoleon Bonaparte bidding farewell to his Old Guard as he steps down as Emperor of France, William Jennings Bryan's fiery "Cross of Gold" speech, Ida B. Wells speaking on the sourge of lynching in America, Eva Peron stepping down as candidate for the Vice Presidency of Argentina and Thurgood Marshall delivering the closing argument in the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education.

This collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great world leaders and the words they used to inspire millions.

This is the fifth volume of this series.

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About Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) began as a common solider in the French Army who, amidst the chaos and disorder that followed the French Revolution, rose to power and eventually became the country's leader, expanded its borders, conquered new territory and, by the early 1800's had created a vast French Empire of which he was Emperor. In 1812, Napoleon decided to expand his reach into Russia and led a huge, invading force deep into that country. They eventually reached Moscow, only to discover that the Russian forces had burnt the city to the ground, leaving the French Army without a means of feeding and housing themselves over the dangerous Russian winter. Napoleon began a long retreat that saw his army destroyed and reduced to a mere 20,000 troops. Taking advantage of Napoleon's weakness, Britain, Austria, and Prussia then formed an alliance with Russia against Napoleon and his power gradually ebbed until, on March 30, 1814, Paris was captured by the Allies and Napoleon was forced to abdicate a week later, on April 6, 1814. Two weeks after that, in the courtyard at Fontainebleau, Napoleon bid farewell to the remaining faithful officers of his Old Guard.

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Eva Peron

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (1919-1952) was the wife of Argentinian President Juan Peron and was First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Upon her husband's ascendency to the nation's highest office, Eva Peron - or "Evita" as she was called by her many admirers - became enormously popular among working class Argentinians for her support and encouragement of labor unions. She became so popular, in fact, that in 1951, she announced her candidacy to become Vice President of Argentina, a move supported and encouraged by working class Argentinians known as descamisados or "shirtless ones." However, opposition to her candidacy from the nobility and military leaders - coupled with her failing health - forced Eva to deliver the following radio address on August 31, 1951, reversing her decision to run for Vice President. Named the "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" on May 7, 1952, Eva Peron died just over two months later, on July 26th. Her funeral in Buenos Aires was attended by more than three million admirers.

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Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who rose to become the nation's first African-American Supreme Court Justice, serving from 1967 until his retirement in 1991. Years earlier, however, Marshall had been the chief legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and represented that organization in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which argued against racial segregation in public schools. Marshall delivered the following closing remarks before the court on December 8, 1953. Soon afterwards, the Court would decide in his favor and against the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools and this decision remains one of the most important and far reaching pronouncements in the history of the Supreme Court.