against a wicked minded senator named Catiline who was planning to overthrow the government. Within the Temple of Jupiter‚ Cicero used many tactics to stir the senators such as reminding the senators of similar situations in the past; making them fear Catiline‚ connecting their situation to real life examples‚ and making it seem that his plans are known by everyone. With these tactics and others‚ Cicero effectively tries to stir the members of the senate against Catiline. Cicero opens his speech by reminding
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"You ought‚ O Catiline‚ long ago to have been led to execution by command of the consul. That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head." (Safire 258) These enticing words‚ laced together by Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ were done so in an attempt to lead two audiences to two separate‚ although similar‚ conclusions. Cicero’s audiences included Catiline and his fellow conspirators‚ of whom Cicero wished to persuade to leave Rome‚ and that of the
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Oration on the Dignity of Man Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) was a philosopher of the Renaissance‚ his " Oration on the Dignity of Man " is known as the "declaration of humanism. In his speech‚ Mirandola declare that people is the essence of the universe; destiny is in our own hands and is not subject to any external things.Rrationality‚ free will and noble quality‚ not only can transcend everything but also enter the realm of god. Like other humanists‚ Mirandola did not deny the existence of
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION THUCYDIDES (c. 470–c. 400 BC) During a twenty-year exile from Athens which he incurred as the leader of a failed military campaign in 423‚ ucydides spent his time writing a history of the Peloponnesian War. In the first book of his History‚ he tells us about his method and purpose: Of the events of the war I have not ventured to speak from any chance information‚ nor according to any notion of my own; I have described nothing but what I either
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION Pericles‚ the leader of the Athenians had presented this Oration as did his predecessors after their people have fallen in battle. The Oration was to talk about why their very own were fighting in battle and as a result died for their lands and ways of life. This particular Oration was from the early days of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was intended for every Athenian and any others that wished to attend. Prior to the speech‚ the dead are honored
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I am a Filipino - inheritor of a glorious past‚ hostage to the uncertain future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task- the task of meeting my responsibility to the past‚ and the task of performing my obligation to the future. I sprung from a hardy race - child of many generations removed of ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries‚ the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see
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Civic Oration Speech Regine Williams 1st Block The Great Wall of China is the top ten new wonders of the world 2012. Located in China it stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east‚ to Lop Lake in the west. The whole wall is about 21‚000 km long. The main part of the wall is 2‚500 miles long and stretches through all sorts of mountains. The wall is thirty feet high and twenty-five feet thick at its base. The Huns and barbarians had no farming land and they used to entre china and killed and invade
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In the oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚Chief Seattle tries to persuade the whites of the United States that they should treat the Native Americans equally despite their inferior status.The way Chief Seattle achieves this is through figurative language‚ organization‚ and diction‚ this is how he shows both the reason and pride behind his oration to the Governor. Another function of this orientation is a wake up call to the Governor that the Natives are not as weak as they may seem they do still
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KCC: “Aiming towards Global Competence” “Now is the time for change.” This is what we have been heard from all media forms since the election has finally ended‚ heeding the triumphant sound of another spectrum of hope as it enters the palace of ascendancy – the new administration. Knowing the fact that this will be a roaring summon for the Filipino masses. This is now our time to heal the wounds and lift up ourselves from the ruthless claws of the past administration. However‚ our aspiration for
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In 1486‚ Renaissance philosopher Pico della Mirandola spoke the Oration on the Dignity of Man through which he called into question the primacy of the human creature. He held that God endowed man with the ability to choose his own destiny and his own perspective with which to view life and everything around.His contention was that those abilities distinguished man from all other beings. He further argued in the Oration‚ that animals come into the world with everything they can ever possess. Similarly
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