The World's Best Orations, Volume 3


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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 (20 hr 5 min)

Chapitres

The Dignity of Human Nature - Horace Bushnell 15:27 Lu par TotalEcho
Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 1 - Benjamin F. Butler 25:28 Lu par Merthin
Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 2 - Benjamin F. Butler 15:13 Lu par Merthin
The Government of the Tongue - Joseph Butler 10:23 Lu par Gloria Loughry
On the Conspiracy of Catiline - Caius Julius Caesar 15:18 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Last Judgment - Daniel W. Cahill 12:38 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Art of Eloquence - John Caird 27:00 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Against the Force Bill Part 1 - John C. Calhoun 32:24 Lu par Ariphron
Against the Force Bill Part 2 - John C. Calhoun 20:12 Lu par Ariphron
Against the Force Bill Part 3 - John C. Calhoun 29:32 Lu par Ariphron
Against the Force Bill Part 4 - John C. Calhoun 23:35 Lu par Ariphron
Against the Force Bill Part 5 - John C. Calhoun 21:22 Lu par calatravabooks
Against the Force Bill Part 6 - John C. Calhoun 29:42 Lu par tingreads
Against the Force Bill Part 7 - John C. Calhoun 16:32 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Denouncing Andrew Jackson - John C. Calhoun 7:54 Lu par Kathleen Congdon
Replying to Henry Clay - John C. Calhoun 9:46 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Self-Government and Civilization - John C. Calhoun 5:13 Lu par mleigh
Individual Liberty - John C. Calhoun 4:47 Lu par mleigh
The Necessity for Courage - John Calvin 10:07 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Crisis of 1793 - Pierre Joseph Cambon 16:43 Lu par Micfairy252
Mind the Master Force - Alexander Campbell 16:21 Lu par KerrySL
England in Repose - George Canning 15:12 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Christianity and Oppression - George Canning 6:47 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Hate in Politics - George Canning 10:54 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Edinburgh Address Part 1 - Thomas Carlyle 16:03 Lu par Belinda Mc
The Edinburgh Address Part 2 - Thomas Carlyle 17:04 Lu par Belinda Mc
The Heroic in History - Thomas Carlyle 9:52 Lu par richiehayden
Against Imperialism in France - Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot 18:23 Lu par MichaelL
Replying to the Grand Duke Alexis - Matthew Hale Carpenter 9:31 Lu par mleigh
The Louisiana Returning Board - Matthew Hale Carpenter 6:40 Lu par Hubert Williams
In Favor of Universal Suffrage - Matthew Hale Carpenter 5:08 Lu par cmensch
The Glories of Immortality - Alexander Carson 8:41 Lu par Belinda Mc
American Liberty - Hampton L. Carson 8:31 Lu par Gloria Loughry
American Progress and Foreign Oppression - Lewis Cass 26:54 Lu par Gloria Loughry
A Plea for Republican Institutions - Emilio Castelar 18:20 Lu par MichaelL
In the Campo Santo of Pisa - Emilio Castelar 6:01 Lu par April6090
Against the Accomplices of Catiline - Cato Uticensis 14:21 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Rome and Italy - Camillo Benso, Count di Cavour 17:21 Lu par Belinda Mc
Humboldt and the Teutonic Intellect - Paul Amand Challemel-Lacour 14:02 Lu par Gloria Loughry
When Old Things Pass Away - Thomas Chalmers 4:00 Lu par InTheDesert
War and Truth - Thomas Chalmers 3:12 Lu par RosiesReading
The Use of Living - Thomas Chalmers 1:54 Lu par RosiesReading
Manhood Suffrage - Joseph Chamberlain 13:13 Lu par bobpliley
On Jefferson Davis - Zachariah Chandler 7:16 Lu par bobpliley
The Man Above the State - William Ellery Channing 14:34 Lu par bobpliley
The Sovereignty of Ideas - Edwin Hubbell Chapin 5:26 Lu par Tressa Collins
Peaceful Industry - Edwin Hubbell Chapin 2:59 Lu par RosiesReading
The Source of Modern Progress - Edwin Hubbell Chapin 3:07 Lu par Adrianher
Scientia Liberatrix - Edwin Hubbell Chapin 3:16 Lu par Adrianher
Rectitude Higher Than Morality - Edwin Hubbell Chapin 4:34 Lu par Dirk Victor
Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 1 - Salmon P. Cha… 22:46 Lu par TR Love
Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 2 - Salmon P. Cha… 18:42 Lu par TR Love
Three Great Eras - Salmon P. Chase 9:13 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Has One Government the Right to Intervene in the Internal Affairs of Another? -… 18:43 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 1 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Ch… 18:35 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 2 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Ch… 18:46 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The English Constitution - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham 25:51 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
His Last Speech - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham 6:52 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Good News from a Far Country - Charles Chauncy 13:23 Lu par SparrowHawk76
Against Revenues from Drunkenness and Vice - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Ear… 15:24 Lu par Belinda Mc
In Favor of a Stronger Navy - Langdon Cheves 13:44 Lu par J. L. Crafts
False Pretenses - William Chillingworth 7:39 Lu par JohnnyMack
«Farragut»: An Address at the Unveiling of the Saint-Gaudens Statue - Joseph Ho… 23:49 Lu par Hubert Williams
Books and Civilization in America - Rufus Choate 28:22 Lu par bobpliley
The Necessity of Compromises in American Politics - Rufus Choate 27:06 Lu par bobpliley
Heroism of the Early Colonists - Rufus Choate 6:39 Lu par bobpliley
The Blessing of Death - Saint John Chrysostom 7:50 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Heroes of Faith - Saint John Chrysostom 6:05 Lu par Larry Wilson
Avarice and Usury - Saint John Chrysostom 2:38 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Age of Action - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill 16:45 Lu par Wren Hua
Gladstone's Egyptian Inconsistencies - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill 20:48 Lu par MattAbbottRigsbee451
The First Oration Against Catiline Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero 31:51 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The First Oration Against Catiline Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero 21:40 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Catiline's Departure - Marcus Tullius Cicero 11:49 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Crucifixion of Gavins - Marcus Tullius Cicero 14:42 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Supernatural Justice - Marcus Tullius Cicero 11:22 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Cato and the Stoics - Marcus Tullius Cicero 26:20 Lu par Gloria Loughry
For the Poet Archias Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero 14:50 Lu par Gloria Loughry
For the Poet Archias Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero 23:28 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Fourth Philippic - Marcus Tullius Cicero 18:20 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Courage of Leadership - Champ Clark 12:23 Lu par Gloria Loughry
A Rhapsody - Cassius M. Clay 6:37 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Aspirations for the Union - Cassius M. Clay 3:58 Lu par Gloria Loughry
America as a Moral Force - Cassius M. Clay 6:02 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Clement C. Clay - The Subtreasury Bill 13:31 Lu par Wren Hua