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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)

Chapters

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 1 - Thomas H. Benton

28:29

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 2 - Thomas H. Benton

20:34

Read by Ted Lienhart

Against the United States Bank - Thomas H. Benton

13:49

Read by MaryT

"There is East: There is India" - Thomas H. Benton

3:48

Read by vk2309

Preaching the Crusade - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

7:07

Read by Gloria Loughry

Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

3:47

Read by Gloria Loughry

Against Luxury in the Church - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

2:45

Read by Gloria Loughry

On the Canticles - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

3:48

Read by Gloria Loughry

Conquest and Territorial Organization - John M. Berrien

10:08

Read by Ted Lienhart

Effect of the Mexican Conquest - John M. Berrien

7:06

Read by Ted Lienhart

Censorship of the Press - Pierre Antoine Berryer

6:58

Read by Ted Lienhart

Against the Assassins of President Lincoln - John A. Bingham

27:18

Read by Ted Lienhart

A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 1 - Bismark

29:40

Read by Ted Lienhart

A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 2 - Bismark

14:10

Read by Ted Lienhart

Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 1 - Jeremiah S. Black

20:24

Read by Cbteddy

Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 2 - Jeremiah S. Black

6:13

Read by Cbteddy

Oration on Garfield Part 1 - James G. Blaine

20:59

Read by Ted Lienhart

Oration on Garfield Part 2 - James G. Blaine

24:58

Read by Ted Lienhart

Oration on Garfield Part 3 - James G. Blaine

20:20

Read by Ted Lienhart

Military Government - Austin Blair

7:02

Read by Cbteddy

The Character and Work of Benton - Francis Preston Blair

20:32

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Deathbed of Benton - Francis Preston Blair

5:12

Read by Natotater

On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 1 - Francis Preston Blair

18:45

Read by Ted Lienhart

On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 2 - Francis Preston Blair

19:29

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Parting of the Ways Part 1 - Richard P. Bland

12:32

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Parting of the Ways Part 2 - Richard P. Bland

18:53

Read by Ted Lienhart

Misfortune and Exile - Lord Bolingbroke

26:45

Read by Ted Lienhart

Patriotism - Lord Bolingbroke

3:40

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Life of Service - Saint Bonaventura

10:38

Read by Gloria Loughry

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 1 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

30:06

Read by RobinAbbott

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 2 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

9:16

Read by RobinAbbott

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 3 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

32:17

Read by RobinAbbott

The Mission of America - Elias Boudinot

28:21

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Passion of Christ Part 1 - Louis Bourdaloue

28:57

Read by Nichole Evans

The Passion of Christ Part 2 - Louis Bourdaloue

13:40

Read by KevinS

President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 1 - George S. Boutwell

21:15

Read by mleigh

President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 2 - George S. Boutwell

21:56

Read by mleigh

The Dred Scott Decision - John C. Breckenridge

8:04

Read by mleigh

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 1 - John Bright

19:55

Read by Ted Lienhart

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 2 - John Bright

24:53

Read by Ted Lienhart

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 3 - John Bright

10:14

Read by Ted Lienhart

Morality and Military Greatness - John Bright

18:30

Read by Ted Lienhart

Lincoln as a Typical American - Phillips Brooks

23:25

Read by Gloria Loughry

Power over the Lives of Others - Phillips Brooks

6:27

Read by Larry Wilson

The Assault on Sumner - Preston S. Brooks

10:20

Read by Ted Lienhart

Against Pitt and War with America - Lord Brougham

21:17

Read by Ted Lienhart

Closing Argument for Queen Caroline - Lord Brougham

24:31

Read by Ted Lienhart

A Prophecy - B. Gratz Brown

27:20

Read by Gloria Loughry

One Century's Achievement - Henry Armitt Brown

6:20

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Dangers of the Present - Henry Armitt Brown

5:46

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Plea of the Future - Henry Armitt Brown

2:49

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Value of the American Union - William Gannaway Brownlow

9:56

Read by Gloria Loughry

Grape Shot and Hemp - William Gannaway Brownlow

7:24

Read by Gloria Loughry

The "Cross of Gold" - William J. Bryan

28:25

Read by Bill Mosley

The Greatness of Burns - William Cullen Bryant

11:30

Read by Gloria Loughry

Inaugural Address - James Buchanan

27:03

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Heavenly Footman Part 1 - John Bunyan

17:02

Read by Belinda McReynolds

The Heavenly Footman Part 2 - John Bunyan

22:35

Read by Belinda McReynolds

The Supreme Court - Tristam Burges

19:14

Read by Gloria Loughry

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 1 - Edmund Burke

28:19

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 2 - Edmund Burke

32:05

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 3 - Edmund Burke

22:27

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 4 - Edmund Burke

30:00

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 5 - Edmund Burke

24:54

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 6 - Edmund Burke

27:31

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 7 - Edmund Burke

29:37

Read by Ariphron

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 8 - Edmund Burke

29:10

Read by Ariphron

Against Coercing America - Edmund Burke

18:10

Read by Ted Lienhart

Principle in Politics - Edmund Burke

15:38

Read by Ted Lienhart

Marie Antoinette - Edmund Burke

2:50

Read by Ted Lienhart

Massachusetts and the Sumner Assault - Anson Burlingame

16:29

Read by Ted Lienhart