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World's Best Orations, Volume 1

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.

Year of Publication: 1900Genres: Literary Collections

Running Time: 19 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert	6:24
2	The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert	3:24
3	The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert	3:15
4	The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams tonette2695	17:15
5	The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior tonette2695	17:37
6	Inaugural Address - John Adams Michael Fassio	20:28
7	The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams Kari Burns	29:01
8	The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams Kari Burns	33:01
9	Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams Gloria Loughry	47:46
10	Lafayette - John Quincy Adams Gloria Loughry	16:03
11	The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams Cbteddy	19:05
12	American Independence - Samuel Adams Kari Burns	53:55
13	A Farewell - Aelred tonette2695	3:47
14	A Sermon after Absence - Aelred tonette2695	5:57
15	On Manliness - Aelred tonette2695	3:16
16	Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines TriciaG	13:32
17	Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry	28:13
18	Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry	28:21
19	Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry	28:06
20	The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great kevalam	6:50
21	The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great kevalam	3:02
22	A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen Kari Burns	14:22
23	On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames Ted Lienhart	36:42
24	The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm mleigh	12:26
25	The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold Kari Burns	22:40
26	Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur Michael Fassio	6:12
27	The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius Bill Mosley	18:10
28	The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine Paula Messina	31:08
29	Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon Gloria Loughry	36:12
30	Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour Michael Natale	23:46
31	Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave PeripateticTJ	9:00
32	Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave PeripateticTJ	3:45
33	Slander - Isaac Barrow Gloria Loughry	33:31
34	On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great Gloria Loughry	26:33
35	Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter Suzanne Carol	20:39
36	The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard Gloria Loughry	41:15
37	Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard Aaron Zimmerman	6:37
38	A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns	36:43
39	A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns	30:10
40	A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns	27:59
41	The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle	8:21
42	Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle	35:40
43	The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle	26:03
44	The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle	35:33
45	The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle	20:42
46	The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede Ernst Schnell	11:22
47	A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede David Koberling	3:56
48	The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede Aaron Zimmerman	5:52
49	Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher Amie Willingham	25:56
50	Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher Carol Galbraith	31:33
51	Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher Sam Cantrell	16:22
52	A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven Ernst Schnell	33:52
53	Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell Gloria Loughry	22:59
54	Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell Gloria Loughry	26:38
55	Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin tonette2695	24:07
56	Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin tonette2695	5:18