The World's Best Orations, Volume 1


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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

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