countrymen along this energy problem. I want to share my views and opinion‚ in the hope that it would also serve as an eye-opener to people in underdeveloped or developing countries as well‚ in the following oration piece I wrote for my daughter in high school which she delivered as a contest piece. From this ‚ you can deduce about
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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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and which should play Pontifex. Throughout history people have detested Cicero for his extremely long speeches and his hard to find verbs. Ted Cruz‚ probably having come to the same conclusion‚ only made use of the first 2 or 3 parts of the first oration against Cataline (of three). This made the speech easier to listen to‚ easier for Ted to present it‚ and easier for common people to process it‚ due to the fact that after a while one forgets what the orator is talking about since they keep going
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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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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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around‚ we witness poverty‚ sadness‚ pains and sorrows. Families are sleeping on make shift houses‚ not having to eat a proper meal a day. Fathers are laboring three to five kinds of jobs just to make ends meet. People are bargaining just to earn a piece of bread. Whenever we open our television‚ we see disasters‚ one man knifed a third‚ a man stole a loaf of bread for his hungry child and people are dying because of epidemics. Every time we open the pages of the daily
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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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Pieces February 19 to march 20 Be ready for…. Neptune your life ruler‚ was last in pieces between 1847 and 1861. This time brought an end to slavery‚ new forms of art‚ and high philosophical and spiritual ideas. For you‚ intuition‚ compassion‚ creativity and magic now become your keywords. As does truth. 2011 overview for too long‚ pisceans have weathered tough times and worn all the non sense the heaven can muster. So‚ when do you say enough is enough? Well‚ as long as your still breathing. You
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involvement with the Nazi’s at the time‚ families would be more than deserving of any piece of art that actually belonged to them; figuring out what goes to who would be somewhat of copious task. Not only is this art important to families it is also important to the culture that was previously believed to have been wiped away. You could also argue that the current owner of the art had a legitimate way of acquiring the pieces from his father who was an art dealer and was responsible for doing a job. As
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