World's Best Orations, Volume 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 29, 2024

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Authors: Various In Year : 1900

Book Language: English

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The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard
The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard
The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard
The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams
The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior
Inaugural Address - John Adams
The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams
The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams
Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams
Lafayette - John Quincy Adams
The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams
American Independence - Samuel Adams
A Farewell - Aelred
A Sermon after Absence - Aelred
On Manliness - Aelred
Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken
The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great
The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great
A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen
On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames
The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm
The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold
Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur
The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius
The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine
Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon
Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour
Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave
Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave
Slander - Isaac Barrow
On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great
Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter
The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard
Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard
The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield
Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield
The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede
A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede
The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede
Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher
Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher
Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher
A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven
Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell
Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell
Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin
Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! Do we not all feel the magic of the power, and when occasionally we are permitted to listen to a great orator how completely we lose ourselves and yield in willing submission to the imperious and impetuous flow of his speech!

We have not confined ourselves to any one profession or field of eloquence. The pulpit, the bar, the halls of legislation, and the popular assembly have each and all been called upon for their best contributions. The single test has been, is it oratory? the single question, is there eloquence? The reader and student of every class will therefore find within these pages that which will satisfy his particular taste and desire in the matter of oratory. - Summary by David J. Brewer

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