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 Mc
The Edinburgh Address Part 2 - Thomas Carlyle 17:04 Read by Belinda Mc
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 Mc
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 Mc
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 Mc
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