World's Best Orations, Volume 1
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Length 19 h 20 min
Chapters 56
First published 1900
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
This is volume 1 of 10.
Chapters
1
The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard Read by InTheDesert 6:24
2
The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard Read by InTheDesert 3:24
3
The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard Read by InTheDesert 3:15
4
The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams Read by tonette2695 17:15
5
The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior Read by tonette2695 17:37
6
Inaugural Address - John Adams Read by Michael Fassio 20:28
7
The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams Read by Kari Burns 29:01
8
The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams Read by Kari Burns 33:01
9
Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams Read by Gloria Loughry 47:46
10
Lafayette - John Quincy Adams Read by Gloria Loughry 16:03
11
The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams Read by Cbteddy 19:05
12
American Independence - Samuel Adams Read by Kari Burns 53:55
13
A Farewell - Aelred Read by tonette2695 3:47
14
A Sermon after Absence - Aelred Read by tonette2695 5:57
15
On Manliness - Aelred Read by tonette2695 3:16
16
Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines Read by TriciaG 13:32
17
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken Read by Gloria Loughry 28:13
18
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken Read by Gloria Loughry 28:21
19
Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken Read by Gloria Loughry 28:06
20
The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great Read by kevalam 6:50
21
The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great Read by kevalam 3:02
22
A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen Read by Kari Burns 14:22
23
On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames Read by Ted Lienhart 36:42
24
The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm Read by mleigh 12:26
25
The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold Read by Kari Burns 22:40
26
Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur Read by Michael Fassio 6:12
27
The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius Read by Bill Mosley 18:10
28
The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine Read by Paula Messina 31:08
29
Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon Read by Gloria Loughry 36:12
30
Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour Read by Michael Natale 23:46
31
Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave Read by PeripateticTJ 9:00
32
Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave Read by PeripateticTJ 3:45
33
Slander - Isaac Barrow Read by Gloria Loughry 33:31
34
On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great Read by Gloria Loughry 26:33
35
Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter Read by Suzanne Carol 20:39
36
The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard Read by Gloria Loughry 41:15
37
Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard Read by Aaron Zimmerman 6:37
38
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard Read by Kari Burns 36:43
39
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard Read by Kari Burns 30:10
40
A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard Read by Kari Burns 27:59
41
The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield Read by Beeswaxcandle 8:21
42
Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield Read by Beeswaxcandle 35:40
43
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield Read by Beeswaxcandle 26:03
44
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield Read by Beeswaxcandle 35:33
45
The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield Read by Beeswaxcandle 20:42
46
The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede Read by Ernst Schnell 11:22
47
A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede Read by David Koberling 3:56
48
The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede Read by Aaron Zimmerman 5:52
49
Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher Read by Amie Willingham 25:56
50
Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher Read by Carol Galbraith 31:33
51
Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher Read by Sam Cantrell 16:22
52
A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven Read by Ernst Schnell 33:52
53
Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell Read by Gloria Loughry 22:59
54
Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell Read by Gloria Loughry 26:38
55
Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin Read by tonette2695 24:07
56
Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin Read by tonette2695 5:18
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