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Lectures, after-dinner speeches, and interviews arranged in chronological order and supplemented with background notes.

Offering insight into the poet's lesser-known contributions as a teacher and lecturer, a collection of excerpts from forty-six of his presentations includes such topics as "What I think I'm doing when I write a poem" and "The future of the world."

"This is the fust and only comprehensive selection of lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, his era's most prominent American man of letters and one of the foremost architects of our intellectual culture. Best known to his contemporaries as a lecturer, Emerson delivered some 1,500 addresses over the course of his career. Because his most important ideas were worked out in his lectures, they provide the best record we have of his evolving thought-and thus...

This work deals with the influence of American public address on the flow of history. We are here concerned with men who have used words to direct the course of American history. -- Preface.

A collection of the humorous works of Mark Twain, including stories, tall tales, lectures, speeches, and excerpts from "The Innocents Abroad," "Life on the Mississippi," and other long works.

Seen and heard in this original footage are the dramatic speeches from world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide.