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1880: Dostoyevsky's Pushkin Speech, a speech delivered by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in honour of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. 1890–1900s: Acres of Diamonds speeches by Temple University President Russell Conwell, the central idea of which was that the resources to achieve all good things were present in one's own community.
There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to compose a poem on the spot and recite it with their last breath. In Western culture particular attention has been paid to last words which demonstrate deathbed salvation – the repentance of sins ...
Sajak’s speech was the exclamation point on a final episode that paid homage to him and featured one fewer puzzle than normal so Sajak could have time at the end to speak. To make up for it, the ...
Napoleon saying farewell to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814) A farewell speech or farewell address is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a capstone to the preceding career, or as statements delivered by persons ...
In an impassioned speech during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Milley spoke of the continued bravery of American service members and underscored that ...
It's the end of a literal era. By which we mean Taylor Swift wrapped up the Eras Tour after approximately one million 149 shows. Taylor performed the very. last. night. of her almost-tw0-year-long ...
Barack Obama delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Before his presidency, he served in the Illinois Senate (1997–2004) and the United States Senate (2005–2008).
At the end of Donald Trump's presidency, television networks left the mute button unused. “We're going to dip into this for as long as the president manages to tell the truth,” Scarborough said.