The World's Best Orations, Volume 2


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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

This is Volume 2 of 10. (20 hr 31 min)

Chapitres

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 1 - Thomas H. Benton 28:29 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 2 - Thomas H. Benton 20:34 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Against the United States Bank - Thomas H. Benton 13:49 Lu par MaryT
"There is East: There is India" - Thomas H. Benton 3:48 Lu par vk2309
Preaching the Crusade - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 7:07 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 3:47 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Against Luxury in the Church - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 2:45 Lu par Gloria Loughry
On the Canticles - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 3:48 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Conquest and Territorial Organization - John M. Berrien 10:08 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Effect of the Mexican Conquest - John M. Berrien 7:06 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Censorship of the Press - Pierre Antoine Berryer 6:58 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Against the Assassins of President Lincoln - John A. Bingham 27:18 Lu par Ted Lienhart
A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 1 - Bismark 29:40 Lu par Ted Lienhart
A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 2 - Bismark 14:10 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 1 - Jeremiah S. Black 20:24 Lu par Cbteddy
Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 2 - Jeremiah S. Black 6:13 Lu par Cbteddy
Oration on Garfield Part 1 - James G. Blaine 20:59 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Oration on Garfield Part 2 - James G. Blaine 24:58 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Oration on Garfield Part 3 - James G. Blaine 20:20 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Military Government - Austin Blair 7:02 Lu par Cbteddy
The Character and Work of Benton - Francis Preston Blair 20:32 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Deathbed of Benton - Francis Preston Blair 5:12 Lu par Natotater
On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 1 - Francis Preston Blair 18:45 Lu par Ted Lienhart
On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 2 - Francis Preston Blair 19:29 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Parting of the Ways Part 1 - Richard P. Bland 12:32 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Parting of the Ways Part 2 - Richard P. Bland 18:53 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Misfortune and Exile - Lord Bolingbroke 26:45 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Patriotism - Lord Bolingbroke 3:40 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Life of Service - Saint Bonaventura 10:38 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 1 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 30:06 Lu par RobinAbbott
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 2 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 9:16 Lu par RobinAbbott
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 3 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 32:17 Lu par RobinAbbott
The Mission of America - Elias Boudinot 28:21 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Passion of Christ Part 1 - Louis Bourdaloue 28:57 Lu par Nichole Evans
The Passion of Christ Part 2 - Louis Bourdaloue 13:40 Lu par KevinS
President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 1 - George S. Boutwell 21:15 Lu par mleigh
President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 2 - George S. Boutwell 21:56 Lu par mleigh
The Dred Scott Decision - John C. Breckenridge 8:04 Lu par mleigh
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 1 - John Bright 19:55 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 2 - John Bright 24:53 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 3 - John Bright 10:14 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Morality and Military Greatness - John Bright 18:30 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Lincoln as a Typical American - Phillips Brooks 23:25 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Power over the Lives of Others - Phillips Brooks 6:27 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Assault on Sumner - Preston S. Brooks 10:20 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Against Pitt and War with America - Lord Brougham 21:17 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Closing Argument for Queen Caroline - Lord Brougham 24:31 Lu par Ted Lienhart
A Prophecy - B. Gratz Brown 27:20 Lu par Gloria Loughry
One Century's Achievement - Henry Armitt Brown 6:20 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Dangers of the Present - Henry Armitt Brown 5:46 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Plea of the Future - Henry Armitt Brown 2:49 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Value of the American Union - William Gannaway Brownlow 9:56 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Grape Shot and Hemp - William Gannaway Brownlow 7:24 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The "Cross of Gold" - William J. Bryan 28:25 Lu par Bill Mosley
The Greatness of Burns - William Cullen Bryant 11:30 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Inaugural Address - James Buchanan 27:03 Lu par Gloria Loughry
The Heavenly Footman Part 1 - John Bunyan 17:02 Lu par Belinda Mc
The Heavenly Footman Part 2 - John Bunyan 22:35 Lu par Belinda Mc
The Supreme Court - Tristam Burges 19:14 Lu par Gloria Loughry
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 1 - Edmund Burke 28:19 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 2 - Edmund Burke 32:05 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 3 - Edmund Burke 22:27 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 4 - Edmund Burke 30:00 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 5 - Edmund Burke 24:54 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 6 - Edmund Burke 27:31 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 7 - Edmund Burke 29:37 Lu par Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 8 - Edmund Burke 29:10 Lu par Ariphron
Against Coercing America - Edmund Burke 18:10 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Principle in Politics - Edmund Burke 15:38 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Marie Antoinette - Edmund Burke 2:50 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Massachusetts and the Sumner Assault - Anson Burlingame 16:29 Lu par Ted Lienhart