World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe
William Jennings Bryan , Various
51 chapters · 6 h 53 min · English
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This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the following themes: Early Christianity, The Reformation, Modern France, Italy, Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. - Summary by Chris Badenoch
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1 Part I. Early Christianity. Saint Chrysostom. The Blessings of Death (about 380) 5 min 2 Saint Augustine. On the Lord's Prayer 14 min 3 Abelard. The Divine Tragedy 4 min 4 St. Bernard. Why Another Crusade? (about 1145) 4 min 5 Part II. The Reformation. Savonarola. I. A Report on His Embassy to the King (1495) 4 min 6 Savonarola. II. After His Excommunication (1498) 2 min 7 Zwingli. On Mercenary Soldiers (about 1530) 11 min 8 Luther. Before the Diet of Worms (1520) 10 min 9 Melanchthon. On the Death of Luther (1546) 13 min 10 Calvin. On Suffering Persecution 18 min 11 Part III. Modern France. Bossuet. On the Death of the Great Condé (1686) 5 min 12 Bourdaloue. On the Passion of Christ 12 min 13 Fenelon. True and False Simplicity 9 min 14 Massillon. Of a Malignant Tongue 15 min 15 Desmoulins. Better to Die than not to Live Free 7 min 16 Mirabeau. I. Necker's Financial Plan (1789) 6 min 17 Mirabeau. II. On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court (1790) 24 min 18 Barnave. Against Majority Absolutism (1791) 9 min 19 Vergniaud. On the Situation in France (1792) 18 min 20 Danton. I. ''Dare, Dare Again, Always Dare'' (1792) 3 min 21 Danton. II. On Liberty of Worship (1793) 3 min 22 Danton. III. On Taxing the Rich (1793) 4 min 23 Robespierre. I. Against Granting the King a Trial (1792) 15 min 24 Robespierre. II. His Last Speech (1794) 4 min 25 Marat. In his Own Defense (1793) 7 min 26 Cambon. On the Situation in France (1793) 5 min 27 St. Just. Invective Against Danton (1794) 9 min 28 Barère. On the Heroism of the ''Vengeur's'' Sailors (1794) 10 min 29 Napoleon. I. To the Army in Italy (1796) 4 min 30 Napoleon. II. To the Army of Italy Again (1796) 5 min 31 Napoleon. III. Speech to the Directory (1797) 3 min 32 Napoleon. IV. During the Egyptian Campaign (1798) 5 min 33 Napoleon. V. On the Anniversary of Austerlitz (1806) 2 min 34 Napoleon. VI. To his Soldiers at Fontainebleau (1814) 3 min 35 Napoleon. VII. After the Return from Elba (1815) 2 min 36 Carnot. Against Setting up an Emperor (1802) 12 min 37 Lamartine. To a Deputation of Poles (1848) 9 min 38 Hugo. In Defense of his Son (1851) 8 min 39 Gambetta. Education for the Peasantry in France 7 min 40 Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. France and the United States (1902) 13 min 41 Jaurès. In the Debate on Socialism with Clemenceau (1906) 10 min 42 Clemenceau. In the Debate on Socialism with Jaurès (1906) 14 min 43 Part IV. Italy. Mazzini. To the Young Men of Italy (1848) 7 min 44 Garibaldi. To his Soldiers (1860) 5 min 45 Cavour. Rome as the Capital of United Italy (1861) 9 min 46 Part V. Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. Frederick the Great. I. To his Generals before Invading Silesia (1740) 2 min 47 Frederick the Great. II. To his Generals before the Battle of Leuthen (1757) 3 min 48 Bismarck. The Canossa Speech (1872) 10 min 49 Kossuth. On his Welcome to New York (1851) 11 min 50 Castelar. Plea for a Republic in Spain (1869) 12 min 51 Apponyi. On the Death of Louis Kossuth (1894) 6 min
