World's Best Orations, Volume 4
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Length 19 h 36 min
Chapters 78
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
Chapters
1
Dictators in American Politics Part 1 - Henry Clay Read by Gloria Loughry 21:31
2
Dictators in American Politics Part 2 - Henry Clay Read by Gloria Loughry 18:16
3
On the Expunging Resolutions - Henry Clay Read by Wayne Cooke 9:15
4
On the Seminole War - Henry Clay Read by KiwiReader24 13:22
5
The Emancipation of South America - Henry Clay Read by Gloria Loughry 31:50
6
«The American System» and the Home Market - Henry Clay Read by Gloria Loughry 33:53
7
In Favor of a Paternal Policy of Internal Improvements - Henry Clay Read by mpinedag 11:34
8
For «Free Trade and Seamen's Rights» - Henry Clay Read by mpinedag 11:50
9
The Greek Revolution - Henry Clay Read by mpinedag 7:56
10
The Noblest Public Virtue - Henry Clay Read by Introducers 5:14
11
Sixty Years of Sectionalism - Henry Clay Read by Gloria Loughry 29:14
12
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and «Expansion» - John M. Clayton Read by chrishavel 18:24
13
Justice the Supreme Law of Nations - John M. Clayton Read by KatDC 3:50
14
Cuba and «Manifest Destiny» - Jeremiah Clemens Read by Leon Prescod 16:51
15
Democracies and Subject Colonies - Cleon Read by Gloria Loughry 9:28
16
First Inaugural Address - Grover Cleveland Read by Gloria Loughry 14:45
17
Federal Power and Local Rights - De Witt Clinton Read by Wayne Cooke 10:16
18
Against the Military Spirit - De Witt Clinton Read by Stepahol 22:00
19
«Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!» - Howell Cobb Read by Gloria Loughry 8:42
20
The Man on the Tower - William Cobbett Read by Patrick Wallace 13:36
21
Free Trade with All Nations - Richard Cobden Read by KatDC 31:42
22
Small States and Great Achievements - Richard Cobden Read by KatDC 6:45
23
Answering William J. Bryan - William Bourke Cockran Read by David Niles 18:48
24
Prosecuting Sir Walter Raleigh - Sir Edward Coke Read by ChrisH 20:24
25
The Sacredness of Matrimony - John Duke Coleridge Read by David Niles 15:14
26
The Confiscation of Rebel Property - Schuyler Colfax Read by Gloria Loughry 11:12
27
Nominating General Grant for a Third Term - Roscoe Conkling Read by Gloria Loughry 15:34
28
The Stalwart Standpoint - Roscoe Conkling Read by Gloria Loughry 15:54
29
Against Senator Sumner - Roscoe Conkling Read by Gloria Loughry 4:24
30
Free Speech Necessary for Good Government - Benjamin Constant Read by Gloria Loughry 14:03
31
Ultimate America Part 1 - Joseph Cook Read by Belinda McReynolds 17:37
32
Ultimate America Part 2 - Joseph Cook Read by Belinda McReynolds 15:39
33
Answering Patrick Henry - Francis Corbin Read by Cbteddy 25:00
34
Against Dismembering Mexico Part 1 - Thomas Corwin Read by TriciaG 24:41
35
Against Dismembering Mexico Part 2 - Thomas Corwin Read by TriciaG 20:50
36
Eloquence and the Fine Arts - Victor Cousin Read by Gloria Loughry 25:44
37
Liberty an Inalienable Right - Victor Cousin Read by Gloria Loughry 6:56
38
The Foundations of Law - Victor Cousin Read by Gloria Loughry 11:06
39
True Politics - Victor Cousin Read by Gloria Loughry 9:33
40
Against the Iron-Clad Oath - Samuel Sullivan Cox Read by Cbteddy 28:40
41
The Sermon on the Mount - Samuel Sullivan Cox Read by Larry Wilson 7:49
42
Stephen A. Douglas and His Place in History - Samuel Sullivan Cox Read by ShrimpPhish 10:51
43
His Speech at the Stake - Thomas Cranmer Read by Beeswaxcandle 14:47
44
Against the Fear of Death - Thomas Cranmer Read by Beeswaxcandle 2:58
45
Forgiveness of Injuries - Thomas Cranmer Read by Larry Wilson 3:55
46
The Issue and Control of Money under the Constitution - William Harris Crawford Read by MikeA 11:55
47
At the Unveiling of Garibaldi's Statue - Francesco Crispi Read by Gloria Loughry 12:25
48
Socialism and Discontent - Francesco Crispi Read by Gloria Loughry 6:37
49
Henry Clay and the Nineteenth-Century Spirit - John Jordan Crittenden Read by Christina Roberts 17:18
50
Against Warring on the Weak - John Jordan Crittenden Read by Gloria Loughry 10:08
51
A Raccoon in a Bag - David Crockett Read by Wayne Cooke 8:52
52
Debating Whether or Not to Become King of England - Oliver Cromwell Read by Beeswaxcandle 22:59
53
Against Monopolies - Sir John Culpeper Read by Gloria Loughry 10:44
54
In the Case of Justice Johnson — Civil Liberty and Arbitrary Arrests Part 1 - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 24:39
55
In the Case of Justice Johnson — Civil Liberty and Arbitrary Arrests Part 2 - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 32:21
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In the Case of Justice Johnson — Civil Liberty and Arbitrary Arrests Part 3 - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 20:13
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In the Case of Justice Johnson — Civil Liberty and Arbitrary Arrests Part 4 - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 26:48
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In the Case of Justice Johnson — Civil Liberty and Arbitrary Arrests Part 5 - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 22:23
59
For Peter Finnerty and Free Speech - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 7:42
60
The Diversions of a Marquis - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 11:28
61
Against Pensions - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 9:23
62
England and English Liberties — In the case of Rowan - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 12:55
63
The Liberties of the Indolent - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 7:23
64
His Farewell to the Irish Parliament - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 15:09
65
On Government by Attachment - John Philpot Curran Read by Gloria Loughry 15:25
66
Presidential Criticisms of Congress - Benjamin Robbins Curtis Read by Gloria Loughry 17:24
67
His Sovereignty Under His Hat - George William Curtis Read by Introducers 7:39
68
Wendell Phillips as a History-Maker - George William Curtis Read by Introducers 11:20
69
The Primordial Rights of the Universal People - Caleb Cushing Read by Adrian Deon 22:34
70
England and America in China - Caleb Cushing Read by Honzuki 5:09
71
The Extermination of the Indians - Caleb Cushing Read by Honzuki 14:05
72
Unshackled Living - Cyprian Read by Bill Mosley 20:04
73
The Infinite Artifices of Nature - Cyril Read by Nickyy 11:32
74
«The Pennsylvania Idea» - George M. Dallas Read by Leon Prescod 18:10
75
The Secret of True Greatness - Peter Damiani Read by Larry Wilson 4:41
76
New Testament History as Allegory - Peter Damiani Read by Larry Wilson 4:15
77
At the Dedication of the Washington Monument - John W. Daniel Read by David Niles 19:39
78
Was Jefferson Davis a Traitor? - John W. Daniel Read by ARodrigo 20:41
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