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The Construction of a Great Speech
Summary: Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," Vaclev Havel's speech on the contaminated moral environment of Czechoslovakia, and Mary McAleese's address to Harvard University on the defense of freedom are all great speeches that will transcend time. All three speeches were intended to bring together people who are divided, so that they might see the more important needs of society and form a singular goal. The deep, powerful meanings of these speeches are conveyed through their construction, content, and language.
For Abraham Lincoln's `Gettysburg Address', Vaclev Havel's speech on `the contaminated moral environment' of Czechoslovakia and Mary McAleese's address to Harvard University on `the defence of freedom' to discuss higher ideals, their speeches must be suitably elevated, and this is achieved through deep and powerful meaning conveyed through their construction, content and language.
These speeches have each been delivered by Presidents, namely Lincoln of America, Havel of Czechoslovakia and McAleese of Ireland, and discuss in a reserved and calm tone the problems facing their respective nations or, in McAleese's case, society as a whole, and appeal for public consensus. They aim to preserve democracy, liberty and justice for all through their structure and language which was based on the time, place and situation in order to effectively explain purpose and persuade unified support for it. Such figures in high public offices will often have a sense of their...
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