American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People
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The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as:
Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr.
These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780471389422 |
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| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication date: | 08/03/2001 |
| Series: | American Heritage Series |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.10(d) |
| Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
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Powhatan, Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy
To Captain John Smith
Jamestown, Virginia
1609
I am now grown old, and must soon die; and the succession must descend, in order, to my brothers, Opitchapan, Opekankanough, and Catataugh, and then to my two sisters, and their two daughters. I wish their experience was equal to mine; and that your love to us might not be less than ours to you.
Why should you take by force that from us which you can have by love? Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food? What can you get by war? We can hide our provisions, and fly into the woods; and then you must consequently famish by wronging your friends. What is the cause of your jealousy? You see us unarmed, and willing to supply your wants, if you will come in a friendly manner, and not with swords and guns, as to invade an enemy.
I am not so simple, as not to know it is better to eat good meat, lie well, and sleep quietly with my women and children; to laugh and be merry with the English; and, being their friend, to have copper, hatchets, and whatever else I want, than to fly from all, to lie cold in the woods, feed upon acorns, roots, and such trash, and to be so hunted, that I cannot rest, eat, or sleep. In such circumstances, my men must watch, and if a twig should but break, all would cry out, Here comes Captain Smith ; and so, in this miserable manner, to end my miserable life; and, Captain Smith, this might be soon your fate too, through your rashness and unadvisedness.
I, therefore, exhort you to peaceable councils; and, above all, I insist that the guns and swords, the cause of all our jealousy and uneasiness, be removed and sent away.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1Powhatan, Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy (1609) 5
To Captain John Smith
Big Mouth, Onondaga Chief (1684) 7
To De la Barre, Governor of Canada
Andrew Hamilton (1735) 9
In Defense of John Peter Zenger and the Freedom of the Press
Canasatego, Onondaga Chief (1744) 12
“We Will Make Men of Them”
John Hancock (1774) 14
On the Fourth Anniversary of the Boston Massacre
Logan, Mingo Chief (1774) 16
To Lord Dunmore
Patrick Henry (1775) 17
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
Solomon, Stockbridge Chief (1775) 20
“We Have Ever Been True Friends”
Samuel Adams (1776) 22
To the Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin (1787) 25
To the Constitutional Convention
Jonathan Smith (1788) 28
To the Massachusetts Convention
George Washington (1796) 31
“Observe Good Faith and Justice towards All Nations”
Thomas Jefferson (1801) 34
First Inaugural Address
Red Jacket, Seneca Chief (1805) 36
“We Never Quarrel about Religion”
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (1811) 39
“Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws”
Pushmataha, Choctaw Chief (1824) 42
Welcome to Lafayette
Daniel Webster (1825) 43
Bunker Hill Oration
Black Hawk, Sauk Chief (1832) 46
“Farewell to Black Hawk”
Sam Houston (1836) 49
“Remember the Alamo!”
Elijah Lovejoy (1837) 51
In Defense of a Free Press
Angelina Grimke (1838) . 53
“What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”
Henry Highland Garnet (1843) 56
The Call to Rebellion
Lewis Richardson (1846) 58
“My Grave Shall Be Made in Free Soil”
Thomas Corwin (1847) 61
Against War with Mexico
Frederick Douglass (1847) 64
“If I Had a Country, I Should Be a Patriot”
Henry Clay (1850) 67
A Call for a Measure of Compromise
Sojourner Truth (1851) 69
“If You Have Woman’s Rights, Give Them to Her”
Frederick Douglass (1852) 71
“What to the American Slave Is Your Fourth of July?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1854) 73
On the Fugitive Slave Law
Seattle, Duwamish Chief (1854) 76
“We Will Dwell Apart and in Peace”
Lucy Stone (1855) 79
“A Disappointed Woman”
Abraham Lincoln (1858) 81
“A House Divided”
Stephen Douglas (1858) 83
Sixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate
John Brown (1859) 85
To the Court after Sentencing
William Lloyd Garrison (1859) 87
On the Death of John Brown
Jefferson Davis (1861) 89
Farewell to the Senate
Abraham Lincoln (1863) 91
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln (1865) 93
“With Malice toward None, with Charity for All”
Henry M. Turner (1868) 95
“I Hold That I Am a Member of This Body”
George Graham Vest (1870) 97
Eulogy on the Dog
Cochise, Chiricahua Apache Chief (1872) 99
“We Will Remain at Peace with Your People Forever”
Susan B. Anthony (1873) 101
“Are Women Persons?”
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce (1877) 104
“I Will Fight No More Forever”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1892) 106
“The Solitude of Self”
William Jennings Bryan (1896) 109
“A Cross of Gold”
Russell Conwell (late 1890s) 112
“Acres of Diamonds”
Harry Gladstone (1898) 116
To the Machine Tenders Union
Mother Jones (1901) 117
To the United Mine Workers of America
Florence Kelley (1905) 120
“Freeing the Children from Toil”
Mark Twain (1906) 122
“In Behalf of Simplified Spelling”
Theodore Roosevelt (1910) 125
Citizenship in a Republic
Rose Schneiderman (1911) 127
On the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
John Jay Chapman (1912) 129
The Coatesville Address
Stephen S. Wise (1914) 133
Tribute to Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson (1915) 135
“An Oath of Allegiance to a Great Ideal”
Anna Howard Shaw (1915) 137
The Fundamental Principle of a Republic
Woodrow Wilson (1917) 140
“The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy”
Emma Goldman (1917) 143
“First Make Democracy Safe in America”
Eugene V. Debs (1918) 146
“While There Is a Lower Class, I Am in It”
Clarence Darrow (1924) 149
In Defense of Leopold and Loeb
Alfred E. Smith (1928) 153
“Anything Un-American Cannot Live in the Sunlight”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933) 155
“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”
Lou Gehrig (1939) 158
“The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth”
Harold Ickes (1941) 160
“What Constitutes an American?”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) 162
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
Learned Hand (1944) 165
“The Spirit of Liberty”
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1944) 167
“The Eyes of the World Are upon You”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1944) . 169
The Fala Address
Douglas MacArthur (1944) 171
“People of the Philippines: I Have Returned”
Roland Gittelsohn (1945) 173
Eulogy at the Marine Corps Cemetery
Albert Einstein (1947) 176
To the United Nations
Margaret Chase Smith (1950) 179
“The Four Horsemen of Calumny”
William Faulkner (1950) 182
“I Decline to Accept the End of Man”
Pearl Buck (1951) 184
Forbidden to Speak at Cardozo High School Graduation
Charlotta Bass (1952) 187
“Let My People Go”
Richard Nixon (1952) 190
The Checkers Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. (1955) 192
“There Comes a Time When People Get Tired”
Langston Hughes (1957) 194
“On the Blacklist All Our Lives”
Roy Wilkins (1957) 197
“The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”
John F. Kennedy (1961) 200
“Ask What You Can Do for Your Country”
Douglas MacArthur (1962) 204
“Duty, Honor, Country”
John F. Kennedy (1963) 206
“Let Them Come to Berlin”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) 208
“I Have a Dream”
Charles B. Morgan Jr. (1963) 211
“Four Little Girls Were Killed”
Earl Warren (1963) 214
Eulogy for President John F. Kennedy
Malcolm X (1964) 216
“The Ballot or the Bullet”
Barry Goldwater (1964) 220
“Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice”
Mario Savio (1964) 223
“History Has Not Ended”
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1965) 225
“We Shall Overcome”
Adlai Stevenson (1965) 229
To the United Nations
William Sloane Coffin Jr. (1967) 231
“The Anvil of Individual Conscience”
Cesar Chavez (1968) 234
“God Help Us to Be Men!”
J. William Fulbright (1968) 236
“The Focus Is Vietnam”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1968) 239
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
Robert F. Kennedy (1968) 242
On the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Shirley Chisholm (1969) 245
“The Business of America Is War”
Frank James (1970) 248
On the 350th Anniversary of Plymouth
Archibald Cox (1971) 251
“The Price of Liberty to Speak the Truth”
Barbara Jordan (1974) 253
“My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole”
Richard Nixon (1974) 256
“I Shall Resign the Presidency”
Silvio Conte (1975) 258
“I Must ‘Raise a Beef’ about This Bill”
Dr. Seuss (1977) 260
Commencement Address at Lake Forest College
Esther Cohen (1981) 261
At the Liberators Conference
Samantha Smith (1983) 263
“Look Around and See Only Friends”
Ronald Reagan (1986) 266
To the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
Thurgood Marshall (1987) 268
On the Bicentennial of the Constitution
Ronald Reagan (1987) 271
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
Jesse Jackson (1988) 274
To the Democratic National Convention
Daniel Inouye (1993) 276
To the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Cal Ripken Jr. (1995) 279
To His Fans
Charles S. Robb (2000) 281
“They Died for That Which Can Never Burn”
Appendix: To the Young Speaker 285
Permissions 287
Photo Credits 288
Index of Speakers 289
Index of Themes 291