World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe
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109
1906
English
- Part I. Early Christianity. Saint Chrysostom. The Blessings of Death (about 380)
- Saint Augustine. On the Lord’s Prayer
- Abelard. The Divine Tragedy
- St. Bernard. Why Another Crusade? (about 1145)
- Part II. The Reformation. Savonarola. I. A Report on His Embassy to the King (1495)
- Savonarola. II. After His Excommunication (1498)
- Zwingli. On Mercenary Soldiers (about 1530)
- Luther. Before the Diet of Worms (1520)
- Melanchthon. On the Death of Luther (1546)
- Calvin. On Suffering Persecution
- Part III. Modern France. Bossuet. On the Death of the Great Condé (1686)
- Bourdaloue. On the Passion of Christ
- Fenelon. True and False Simplicity
- Massillon. Of a Malignant Tongue
- Desmoulins. Better to Die than not to Live Free
- Mirabeau. I. Necker's Financial Plan (1789)
- Mirabeau. II. On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court (1790)
- Barnave. Against Majority Absolutism (1791)
- Vergniaud. On the Situation in France (1792)
- Danton. I. ''Dare, Dare Again, Always Dare'' (1792)
- Danton. II. On Liberty of Worship (1793)
- Danton. III. On Taxing the Rich (1793)
- Robespierre. I. Against Granting the King a Trial (1792)
- Robespierre. II. His Last Speech (1794)
- Marat. In his Own Defense (1793)
- Cambon. On the Situation in France (1793)
- St. Just. Invective Against Danton (1794)
- Barère. On the Heroism of the ''Vengeur's'' Sailors (1794)
- Napoleon. I. To the Army in Italy (1796)
- Napoleon. II. To the Army of Italy Again (1796)
- Napoleon. III. Speech to the Directory (1797)
- Napoleon. IV. During the Egyptian Campaign (1798)
- Napoleon. V. On the Anniversary of Austerlitz (1806)
- Napoleon. VI. To his Soldiers at Fontainebleau (1814)
- Napoleon. VII. After the Return from Elba (1815)
- Carnot. Against Setting up an Emperor (1802)
- Lamartine. To a Deputation of Poles (1848)
- Hugo. In Defense of his Son (1851)
- Gambetta. Education for the Peasantry in France
- Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. France and the United States (1902)
- Jaurès. In the Debate on Socialism with Clemenceau (1906)
- Clemenceau. In the Debate on Socialism with Jaurès (1906)
- Part IV. Italy. Mazzini. To the Young Men of Italy (1848)
- Garibaldi. To his Soldiers (1860)
- Cavour. Rome as the Capital of United Italy (1861)
- Part V. Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. Frederick the Great. I. To his Generals before Invading Silesia (1740)
- Frederick the Great. II. To his Generals before the Battle of Leuthen (1757)
- Bismarck. The Canossa Speech (1872)
- Kossuth. On his Welcome to New York (1851)
- Castelar. Plea for a Republic in Spain (1869)
- Apponyi. On the Death of Louis Kossuth (1894)
This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the following themes: Early Christianity, The Reformation, Modern France, Italy, Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. - Summary by Chris Badenoch
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