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High school class valedictorian Alem Hadzic was unusually somber before delivering his commencement speech on May 16. “People were coming over to wish me luck and I was kind of blowing them off ...
George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.
Kindergarten teacher Jeff Berry gave a touching speech at the Lawrence High School graduation on June 18, recognizing that many of the grads had been part of his kindergarten class when he began ...
A trend in funeral sermons of the Renaissance and Reformation was a move away from the thematic sermon closely allied to scholasticism, towards an approach based on Renaissance humanism. [2] In Spain, for example, the two were combined, the analytical and verbal style joined to humanist epideictic . [ 3 ]
Melania Trump delivered an emotional eulogy speech at her late mother Amalija Knavs’ funeral service. “My mother, the epitome of elegance and grace, exemplified the essence of a true woman ...
The public and final service was held at Morehouse College, where King was eulogized by college president Benjamin Mays, who had given the benediction after King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Following the funeral, King's casket was loaded into a hearse for his final trip to the South-View Cemetery, a burial place predominantly reserved for ...
Kamala Harris gave an impassioned and emotional speech at the funeral of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. The US Vice President told the parents of the late 29-year-old that "the people of our country ...
Pericles' Funeral Oration, delivered at the end of the first year of the First Peloponnesian War to honor the Athenian war dead and their society; A Funeral Oration (Lysias) by Lysias, one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators (Speech 2 in Lamb's translation) Funeral Oration (band), a punk rock band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands