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"From Ancient Rome to Modern Times: The Power of Speaking" In the grand halls of the Senate, Cicero's eloquent words reverberate through time

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Lloyd George, British Minister of Munitions; Gen. Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army; Gen

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the U.S.S

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Colonel Percy Albert Guthrie (1884-1948), leader of the 236th Canadian Infantry (the Maclean Highlanders), speaking on the U.S.S

Background imageSpeaking Collection: General Pershing, Gen. Pelletier, Gen. Dumas, Rene Besnard, 13 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

General Pershing, Gen. Pelletier, Gen. Dumas, Rene Besnard, 13 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
General Pershing, Gen. Pelletier, Gen. Dumas, Rene Besnard, 13 Jun 1917. The welcome of General John J. Pershing and his army at Boulogne, France on June 13, 1917

Background imageSpeaking Collection: King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. A British staff officer wearing a German breastplate and helmet as he speaks to King George V at Vimy Ridge, France, July 11, 1917 during World War I

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Gen. Allenby, King Albert, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Allenby, King Albert, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Allenby, King Albert, 16 May 1917. Albert I of Belgium with British General Edmund Allenby on the ground east of Tilloy-le`s-Mofflaines, Pas-de-Calais, France, which was captured April 9

Background imageSpeaking Collection: 1. K. Rockwell, 2. Capt. Thenault, 3. Norman Prince, 4. Lieut. DeLaage, 5. Sgt. E, Cowdin... 1916

1. K. Rockwell, 2. Capt. Thenault, 3. Norman Prince, 4. Lieut. DeLaage, 5. Sgt. E, Cowdin... 1916
1. K. Rockwell, 2. Capt. Thenault, 3. Norman Prince, 4. Lieut. DeLaage, 5. Sgt. E, Cowdin, 6. Sgt. Bert Hall, 7. J.R. McConnell, and 8. Victor Chapman, 26 Jun 1916 (created or published later)

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914 (date created or published later). German officers with aviator and airplane during World War I

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. There is hardly a street, lane, or alley in the city of New York in which the lager beer saloon, in some of its various forms, is not to be found

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) speaking on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Wounded heroes of the Battle of Mons, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Wounded heroes of the Battle of Mons, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded heroes of the Battle of Mons, 1914. A woman with soldiers who were wounded in the Battle of Mons which took place on August 23, 1914 in France during World War I

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Paris, reservists departing from Gare de L'Est, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Paris, reservists departing from Gare de L'Est, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Paris, reservists departing from Gare de L'Est, between c1914 and c1915. Crowd of reservists at the Gare de Paris-Est (train station), Paris during the beginning of World War I

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Vegetable Sellers, c1700s. Creator: School of Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

Vegetable Sellers, c1700s. Creator: School of Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
Vegetable Sellers, c1700s

Background imageSpeaking Collection: A Man and a Woman Conversing, 1612. Creator: Jacob Matham

A Man and a Woman Conversing, 1612. Creator: Jacob Matham
A Man and a Woman Conversing, 1612

Background imageSpeaking Collection: The Four Fathers of the Latin Church. Creators: Jacob Jordaens, Workshop of Jacob Jordaens

The Four Fathers of the Latin Church. Creators: Jacob Jordaens, Workshop of Jacob Jordaens
The Four Fathers of the Latin Church, Unknown date

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Three men conversing. Creator: Hendrik Goudt

Three men conversing. Creator: Hendrik Goudt
Three men conversing

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Mercury and Proserpina, 1623-1648. Creator: Willem de Poorter

Mercury and Proserpina, 1623-1648. Creator: Willem de Poorter
Mercury and Proserpina, 1623-1648

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Embankment and view to the sea from Livorno, 1755-1779. Creator: Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt

Embankment and view to the sea from Livorno, 1755-1779. Creator: Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt
Embankment and view to the sea from Livorno, 1755-1779

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Evening Talk, 1886. Creator: Viggo Johansen

Evening Talk, 1886. Creator: Viggo Johansen
Evening Talk, 1886

Background imageSpeaking Collection: U.S.S. Maine Board of Inquiry into destruction of Maine, between 1898 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Maine Board of Inquiry into destruction of Maine, between 1898 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Maine Board of Inquiry into destruction of Maine, between 1898 and 1901

Background imageSpeaking Collection: East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Ministre et Negre du Royaume de Benin, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Ministre et Negre du Royaume de Benin, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Ministre et Negre du Royaume de Benin, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Table LXXVI. A popular illustrated textbook for children

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Oak Grove Near Pasadena, California, c.1900. Creator: William H. Jackson

Oak Grove Near Pasadena, California, c.1900. Creator: William H. Jackson
Oak Grove Near Pasadena, California, c.1900

Background imageSpeaking Collection: 'Allhallow-Eve' - a sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1858. Creator: Unknown

"Allhallow-Eve" - a sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1858. Creator: Unknown
"Allhallow-Eve" - a sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1858. Allhallow-eve (1st of November)...is the night of all others on which the Irish peasantry believe that ghosts, witches

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Lieutenant Cameron at the Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876. Creator: C.R

Lieutenant Cameron at the Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876. Creator: C.R
Lieutenant Cameron at the Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876. The lecture which was delivered by [British explorer

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Evening Meeting on a Road, 1889. Creator: Fritz Syberg

Evening Meeting on a Road, 1889. Creator: Fritz Syberg
Evening Meeting on a Road, 1889

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Biblical Scene (Jacob and Esau [?]), c1643. Creator: Unknown

Biblical Scene (Jacob and Esau [?]), c1643. Creator: Unknown
Biblical Scene (Jacob and Esau [?]), c1643

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Scene of Trappers and Indians, before 1842. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Scene of Trappers and Indians, before 1842. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Scene of Trappers and Indians, before 1842. In the foreground, the woman is "cording a bale of dried meat, " while in the background, Captain William Drummond Stewart

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Beach at Cape May, c1840. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Beach at Cape May, c1840. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Beach at Cape May, c1840. Two men seated on folding stools sit on the sand despite clouds of annoying insects. Cape May, New Jersey, is among the oldest American seaside resorts

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Afflicted with the Jim-Jams, 1872. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Afflicted with the Jim-Jams, 1872. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Afflicted with the Jim-Jams, 1872. A street-car passenger tries to befuddle the ticket collector with nonsensical conversation

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Two Peasants, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Two Peasants, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Two Peasants, 1855-1857

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Small Talk (De la tribu des Badinguet), 1861-1862. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Small Talk (De la tribu des Badinguet), 1861-1862. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Small Talk (De la tribu des Badinguet), 1861-1862

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Man and woman in Masquerade costumes, 1804-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Man and woman in Masquerade costumes, 1804-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Man and woman in Masquerade costumes, 1804-1866

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Two Figures beside a Country Road, 1861. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Two Figures beside a Country Road, 1861. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Two Figures beside a Country Road, 1861

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Two Men in Fancy Dress Costumes, 1804-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Two Men in Fancy Dress Costumes, 1804-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Two Men in Fancy Dress Costumes, 1804-1866

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différent Pays, Habitants de l'Isle de Corse, c1797

Costumes de Différent Pays, Habitants de l'Isle de Corse, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Different Pays, Habitants de l'Isle de Corse, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Servantes et Bonze Mendiant Chinois, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Servantes et Bonze Mendiant Chinois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Servantes et Bonze Mendiant Chinois, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysannes des Environs de Moscow, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysannes des Environs de Moscow, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysannes des Environs de Moscow, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Car Man and Coal Heaver, 1848. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Car Man and Coal Heaver, 1848. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Car Man and Coal Heaver, 1848. Depicts two men whose different occupations were indispensible to the mid-19th-century metropolis

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysans Polonois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysans Polonois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysans Polonois, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysanne d'Hanac en Boheme, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysanne d'Hanac en Boheme, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysanne d'Hanac en Boheme, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Costumes de Différent Pays, Habitants d'Egelshaïm près Strasbourg, c1797

Costumes de Différent Pays, Habitants d'Egelshaïm près Strasbourg, c1797
Costumes de Different Pays, Habitants d'Egelshaim pres Strasbourg, c1797

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Merchant and His Partner Conversing (verso)... c1580. Creator: Unknown

Merchant and His Partner Conversing (verso)... c1580. Creator: Unknown
Merchant and His Partner Conversing (verso), Folio from a Tutinama (image 1 of 2), c1580

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Scene One from the Play Chushingura: Kono Moronao and Kaoyo, c1850. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada

Scene One from the Play Chushingura: Kono Moronao and Kaoyo, c1850. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Scene One from the Play Chushingura: Kono Moronao and Kaoyo, c1850

Background imageSpeaking Collection: A Scene from the Play Hana no ura gikyoku tsuki (image 1 of 3), 1846. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada

A Scene from the Play Hana no ura gikyoku tsuki (image 1 of 3), 1846. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
A Scene from the Play Hana no ura gikyoku tsuki (image 1 of 3), 1846

Background imageSpeaking Collection: Soldier's Experience, 1847. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville

Soldier's Experience, 1847. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville
Soldier's Experience, 1847




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"From Ancient Rome to Modern Times: The Power of Speaking" In the grand halls of the Senate, Cicero's eloquent words reverberate through time, captivating his audience and shaping history. His speeches echo with passion and persuasion, reminding us of the enduring power of spoken word. Across the Atlantic, William Pitt the Younger takes center stage in Parliament. With unwavering conviction, he addresses pressing issues that shape nations and societies. His commanding presence demands attention as he navigates political landscapes with his silver-tongued oratory. Meanwhile, a pin-up calendar girl by David Wright captures hearts in 1950. Her coy smile speaks volumes without uttering a single word. In her timeless beauty lies an unspoken language that transcends generations. The Last Supper immortalizes a moment frozen in time - Jesus Christ surrounded by his disciples. Raphael Morghen and Teodoro Matteini masterfully depict this iconic scene where silence is broken only by whispered conversations among those present. Their expressions speak volumes about their thoughts and emotions during this pivotal event. George Whitefield's powerful sermons at Moorfields Fair in 1742 draw crowds like moths to a flame. His fervent preaching ignites spiritual awakening within listeners' souls as they hang on every word uttered from his lips. Orson Welles embodies Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941), both director and actor leaving audiences spellbound with their portrayal of ambition and downfall through gripping dialogue that lingers long after the credits roll. Keir Hardie stands tall amidst suffragettes at Trafalgar Square, addressing them with fiery determination for equal rights. Through impassioned speech, he becomes an emblematic figure fighting for justice against societal norms. A policeman stationed at a police call box silently observes passersby while remaining ready to respond when duty calls - proof that sometimes actions speak louder than words.