Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that hope is the most powerful force in the universeWe gather here at a crucial moment, at a point of turning point in history. Extremist terrorism is on the rise, and as I recall, America has fought multiple wars. Yes, have mercy on me, for these are discouraging times, which is why Aristotle's bold statement "Youth is easily deceived, because it is ready to hope" fits perfectly with the motto of this age. It is unlikely that anyone in this room does not know Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. After all, whoever proposed that women have fewer teeth than men and that dolphins are fish must be right about everything! Indeed, hope is one of the most redundant and useless concepts in the world, after the hybrid-electric SUV and responsible governments. . In today's ambitious and fast-paced materialistic world where...