[00:03.79]Becoming a Freethinker and a Scientist [00:06.12]When I was a fairly precocious young man [00:08.98]I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes [00:12.19]and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. [00:15.48]...
[00:00.99]Poet of PianoChopin [00:03.83]Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish-born composer and renowned pianist, [00:11.16]was the creator of 55 mazurkas, 13 polonaises, 24 preludes, [00:17.29] 27 etudes, 19 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. [00:23.9...
[00:01.61]On His Seventieth Birthday [00:05.11]Of late years the public have been trying to tackle me [00:09.85]in every way they possibly can, [00:12.25]and failing to make anything of it they have turned to treating me as a great man. [00:17.47] Th...
[00:00.08]Obama：This Victory Belongs to You [00:03.68]If there is anyone out there who still doubts [00:08.28]that America is a place where all things are possible, [00:11.56]who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, [00:...
[00:01.62]Magic Mumat Harvard University [00:09.50]President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation [00:12.77]and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, [00:15.73] proud parents, and, above all, graduates. [00:19.77]The first thing I woul...
[00:00.31]The Props to Help Man Endure [00:03.81]I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work, [00:10.92]a lifes work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit. [00:15.30]Not for glory and least of all, for profit, [00:19.01]bu...
[00:01.94]Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates [00:06.37]I am glad to be here today, Hell, [00:10.80]I am glad to be anywhere today. [00:12.62]President Cohon asked me to come [00:15.25]and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, [00:18.32]it's no...
[00:01.94]Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates [00:06.37]I am glad to be here today, Hell, [00:10.80]I am glad to be anywhere today. [00:12.62]President Cohon asked me to come [00:15.25]and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, [00:18.32]it's no...
[00:01.34]Whatever Love Means [00:03.01]Although neither of them remembered the occasion, [00:07.16]Diana first met her future husband when she was just a baby. [00:11.10]It happened during the winter of 1961, when twelve-year-old Charles, [00:16.46]...
[00:02.71]Chemist Leo Baekeland [00:05.67]In the opening scene of The Graduate, [00:08.95]Benjamin (played by a young Dustin Hoffman) [00:12.23]is awkwardly working an affluent Southern California crowd [00:15.73]at a graduation party arranged for hi...
