About this book
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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- 1The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard6:24 · read by InTheDesert
- 2The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard3:24 · read by InTheDesert
- 3The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard3:15 · read by InTheDesert
- 4The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams17:15 · read by tonette2695
- 5The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior17:37 · read by tonette2695
- 6Inaugural Address - John Adams20:28 · read by Michael Fassio
- 7The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams29:01 · read by Kari Burns
- 8The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams33:01 · read by Kari Burns
- 9Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams47:46 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 10Lafayette - John Quincy Adams16:03 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 11The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams19:05 · read by Cbteddy
- 12American Independence - Samuel Adams53:55 · read by Kari Burns
- 13A Farewell - Aelred3:47 · read by tonette2695
- 14A Sermon after Absence - Aelred5:57 · read by tonette2695
- 15On Manliness - Aelred3:16 · read by tonette2695
- 16Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines13:32 · read by TriciaG
- 17Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken28:13 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 18Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken28:21 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 19Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken28:06 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 20The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great6:50 · read by kevalam
- 21The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great3:02 · read by kevalam
- 22A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen14:22 · read by Kari Burns
- 23On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames36:42 · read by Ted Lienhart
- 24The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm12:26 · read by mleigh
- 25The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold22:40 · read by Kari Burns
- 26Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur6:12 · read by Michael Fassio
- 27The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius18:10 · read by Bill Mosley
- 28The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine31:08 · read by Paula Messina
- 29Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon36:12 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 30Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour23:46 · read by Michael Natale
- 31Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave9:00 · read by PeripateticTJ
- 32Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave3:45 · read by PeripateticTJ
- 33Slander - Isaac Barrow33:31 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 34On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great26:33 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 35Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter20:39 · read by Suzanne Carol
- 36The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard41:15 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 37Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard6:37 · read by Aaron Zimmerman
- 38A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard36:43 · read by Kari Burns
- 39A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard30:10 · read by Kari Burns
- 40A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard27:59 · read by Kari Burns
- 41The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield8:21 · read by Beeswaxcandle
- 42Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield35:40 · read by Beeswaxcandle
- 43The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield26:03 · read by Beeswaxcandle
- 44The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield35:33 · read by Beeswaxcandle
- 45The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield20:42 · read by Beeswaxcandle
- 46The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede11:22 · read by Ernst Schnell
- 47A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede3:56 · read by David Koberling
- 48The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede5:52 · read by Aaron Zimmerman
- 49Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher25:56 · read by Amie Willingham
- 50Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher31:33 · read by Carol Galbraith
- 51Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher16:22 · read by Sam Cantrell
- 52A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven33:52 · read by Ernst Schnell
- 53Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell22:59 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 54Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell26:38 · read by Gloria Loughry
- 55Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin24:07 · read by tonette2695
- 56Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin5:18 · read by tonette2695
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