Humes, James C. 　著

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The farewell address - Washington's declaration of independence inforeign policy; Jefferson's Inaugural - the revolutionary as reconciler;Monroe doctrine - the whispered warning ; Jackson's bank veto message - thefirst war against the Eastern establishment; Polk's Inaugural - action aseloquence; the Gettysburg address - the Great American poem; Cleveland'stariff message - the battle against big business; Theodore Roosevelt'sbigstick address - the Monroe Doctrine corollary; Wilson's declaration of war- a latter day Paul on Mar's hill; the sesquicentennial address - the sermonat the shrine; Franklin Roosevelt's first Inaugural - the rhetoric ofrecovery; Truman's acceptance - the turnip day address; Eisenhower's farewell- a soldier's warning; Kennedy's Inaugural - a young warrior's call to arms;the Nixon toast - the Beijing breakthrough; Reagan's House of Commons address- a presidential prophecy.