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The World's Best Orations, Volume 3

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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 (20 hr 5 min)

Chapters

The Dignity of Human Nature - Horace Bushnell

15:27

Read by TotalEcho

Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 1 - Benjamin F. Butler

25:28

Read by Merthin

Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 2 - Benjamin F. Butler

15:13

Read by Merthin

The Government of the Tongue - Joseph Butler

10:23

Read by Gloria Loughry

On the Conspiracy of Catiline - Caius Julius Caesar

15:18

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Last Judgment - Daniel W. Cahill

12:38

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Art of Eloquence - John Caird

27:00

Read by Gloria Loughry

Against the Force Bill Part 1 - John C. Calhoun

32:24

Read by Ariphron

Against the Force Bill Part 2 - John C. Calhoun

20:12

Read by Ariphron

Against the Force Bill Part 3 - John C. Calhoun

29:32

Read by Ariphron

Against the Force Bill Part 4 - John C. Calhoun

23:35

Read by Ariphron

Against the Force Bill Part 5 - John C. Calhoun

21:22

Read by calatravabooks

Against the Force Bill Part 6 - John C. Calhoun

29:42

Read by tingreads

Against the Force Bill Part 7 - John C. Calhoun

16:32

Read by Gloria Loughry

Denouncing Andrew Jackson - John C. Calhoun

7:54

Read by Kathleen Congdon

Replying to Henry Clay - John C. Calhoun

9:46

Read by Gloria Loughry

Self-Government and Civilization - John C. Calhoun

5:13

Read by mleigh

Individual Liberty - John C. Calhoun

4:47

Read by mleigh

The Necessity for Courage - John Calvin

10:07

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Crisis of 1793 - Pierre Joseph Cambon

16:43

Read by Micfairy252

Mind the Master Force - Alexander Campbell

16:21

Read by KerrySL

England in Repose - George Canning

15:12

Read by Gloria Loughry

Christianity and Oppression - George Canning

6:47

Read by Gloria Loughry

Hate in Politics - George Canning

10:54

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Edinburgh Address Part 1 - Thomas Carlyle

16:03

Read by Belinda McReynolds

The Edinburgh Address Part 2 - Thomas Carlyle

17:04

Read by Belinda McReynolds

The Heroic in History - Thomas Carlyle

9:52

Read by richiehayden

Against Imperialism in France - Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot

18:23

Read by MichaelL

Replying to the Grand Duke Alexis - Matthew Hale Carpenter

9:31

Read by mleigh

The Louisiana Returning Board - Matthew Hale Carpenter

6:40

Read by Hubert Williams

In Favor of Universal Suffrage - Matthew Hale Carpenter

5:08

Read by cmensch

The Glories of Immortality - Alexander Carson

8:41

Read by Belinda McReynolds

American Liberty - Hampton L. Carson

8:31

Read by Gloria Loughry

American Progress and Foreign Oppression - Lewis Cass

26:54

Read by Gloria Loughry

A Plea for Republican Institutions - Emilio Castelar

18:20

Read by MichaelL

In the Campo Santo of Pisa - Emilio Castelar

6:01

Read by April6090

Against the Accomplices of Catiline - Cato Uticensis

14:21

Read by Gloria Loughry

Rome and Italy - Camillo Benso, Count di Cavour

17:21

Read by Belinda McReynolds

Humboldt and the Teutonic Intellect - Paul Amand Challemel-Lacour

14:02

Read by Gloria Loughry

When Old Things Pass Away - Thomas Chalmers

4:00

Read by InTheDesert

War and Truth - Thomas Chalmers

3:12

Read by RosiesReading

The Use of Living - Thomas Chalmers

1:54

Read by RosiesReading

Manhood Suffrage - Joseph Chamberlain

13:13

Read by bobpliley

On Jefferson Davis - Zachariah Chandler

7:16

Read by bobpliley

The Man Above the State - William Ellery Channing

14:34

Read by bobpliley

The Sovereignty of Ideas - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

5:26

Read by Tressa Collins

Peaceful Industry - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

2:59

Read by RosiesReading

The Source of Modern Progress - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

3:07

Read by Adrianher

Scientia Liberatrix - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

3:16

Read by Adrianher

Rectitude Higher Than Morality - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

4:34

Read by Dirk Victor

Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 1 - Salmon P. Cha…

22:46

Read by TR Love

Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 2 - Salmon P. Cha…

18:42

Read by TR Love

Three Great Eras - Salmon P. Chase

9:13

Read by Gloria Loughry

Has One Government the Right to Intervene in the Internal Affairs of Another? -…

18:43

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 1 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Ch…

18:35

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 2 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Ch…

18:46

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The English Constitution - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham

25:51

Read by Beeswaxcandle

His Last Speech - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham

6:52

Read by Beeswaxcandle

Good News from a Far Country - Charles Chauncy

13:23

Read by SparrowHawk76

Against Revenues from Drunkenness and Vice - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Ear…

15:24

Read by Belinda McReynolds

In Favor of a Stronger Navy - Langdon Cheves

13:44

Read by J. L. Crafts

False Pretenses - William Chillingworth

7:39

Read by JohnnyMack

«Farragut»: An Address at the Unveiling of the Saint-Gaudens Statue - Joseph Ho…

23:49

Read by Hubert Williams

Books and Civilization in America - Rufus Choate

28:22

Read by bobpliley

The Necessity of Compromises in American Politics - Rufus Choate

27:06

Read by bobpliley

Heroism of the Early Colonists - Rufus Choate

6:39

Read by bobpliley

The Blessing of Death - Saint John Chrysostom

7:50

Read by Larry Wilson

The Heroes of Faith - Saint John Chrysostom

6:05

Read by Larry Wilson

Avarice and Usury - Saint John Chrysostom

2:38

Read by Larry Wilson

The Age of Action - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill

16:45

Read by Wren Hua

Gladstone's Egyptian Inconsistencies - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill

20:48

Read by MattAbbottRigsbee451

The First Oration Against Catiline Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

31:51

Read by Gloria Loughry

The First Oration Against Catiline Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

21:40

Read by Gloria Loughry

Catiline's Departure - Marcus Tullius Cicero

11:49

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Crucifixion of Gavins - Marcus Tullius Cicero

14:42

Read by Gloria Loughry

Supernatural Justice - Marcus Tullius Cicero

11:22

Read by Gloria Loughry

Cato and the Stoics - Marcus Tullius Cicero

26:20

Read by Gloria Loughry

For the Poet Archias Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

14:50

Read by Gloria Loughry

For the Poet Archias Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

23:28

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Fourth Philippic - Marcus Tullius Cicero

18:20

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Courage of Leadership - Champ Clark

12:23

Read by Gloria Loughry

A Rhapsody - Cassius M. Clay

6:37

Read by Gloria Loughry

Aspirations for the Union - Cassius M. Clay

3:58

Read by Gloria Loughry

America as a Moral Force - Cassius M. Clay

6:02

Read by Gloria Loughry

Clement C. Clay - The Subtreasury Bill

13:31

Read by Wren Hua