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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

This is volume 1 of 10. (19 hr 20 min)

Chapters

The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard

6:24

Read by InTheDesert

The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard

3:24

Read by InTheDesert

The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard

3:15

Read by InTheDesert

The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams

17:15

Read by tonette2695

The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior

17:37

Read by tonette2695

Inaugural Address - John Adams

20:28

Read by Michael Fassio

The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams

29:01

Read by Kari Burns

The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams

33:01

Read by Kari Burns

Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams

47:46

Read by Gloria Loughry

Lafayette - John Quincy Adams

16:03

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams

19:05

Read by Cbteddy

American Independence - Samuel Adams

53:55

Read by Kari Burns

A Farewell - Aelred

3:47

Read by tonette2695

A Sermon after Absence - Aelred

5:57

Read by tonette2695

On Manliness - Aelred

3:16

Read by tonette2695

Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines

13:32

Read by TriciaG

Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken

28:13

Read by Gloria Loughry

Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken

28:21

Read by Gloria Loughry

Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken

28:06

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great

6:50

Read by kevalam

The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great

3:02

Read by kevalam

A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen

14:22

Read by Kari Burns

On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames

36:42

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm

12:26

Read by mleigh

The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold

22:40

Read by Kari Burns

Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur

6:12

Read by Michael Fassio

The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius

18:10

Read by Bill Mosley

The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine

31:08

Read by Paula Messina

Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon

36:12

Read by Gloria Loughry

Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour

23:46

Read by Michael Natale

Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Ma…

9:00

Read by PeripateticTJ

Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave

3:45

Read by PeripateticTJ

Slander - Isaac Barrow

33:31

Read by Gloria Loughry

On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great

26:33

Read by Gloria Loughry

Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter

20:39

Read by Suzanne Carol

The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard

41:15

Read by Gloria Loughry

Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard

6:37

Read by Aaron Zimmerman

A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard

36:43

Read by Kari Burns

A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard

30:10

Read by Kari Burns

A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard

27:59

Read by Kari Burns

The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield

8:21

Read by Beeswaxcandle

Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield

35:40

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield

26:03

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield

35:33

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield

20:42

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede

11:22

Read by Ernst Schnell

A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede

3:56

Read by David Koberling

The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede

5:52

Read by Aaron Zimmerman

Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher

25:56

Read by Amie Willingham

Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher

31:33

Read by Carol Galbraith

Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher

16:22

Read by Sam Cantrell

A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven

33:52

Read by Ernst Schnell

Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell

22:59

Read by Gloria Loughry

Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell

26:38

Read by Gloria Loughry

Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin

24:07

Read by tonette2695

Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin

5:18

Read by tonette2695