World's Best Orations, Volume 1
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56 chapters · 19 h 20 min · English
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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!
Chapters
1 The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard 6 min 2 The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard 3 min 3 The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard 3 min 4 The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams 17 min 5 The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior 18 min 6 Inaugural Address - John Adams 20 min 7 The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams 29 min 8 The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams 33 min 9 Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams 48 min 10 Lafayette - John Quincy Adams 16 min 11 The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams 19 min 12 American Independence - Samuel Adams 54 min 13 A Farewell - Aelred 4 min 14 A Sermon after Absence - Aelred 6 min 15 On Manliness - Aelred 3 min 16 Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines 14 min 17 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken 28 min 18 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken 28 min 19 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken 28 min 20 The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great 7 min 21 The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great 3 min 22 A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen 14 min 23 On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames 37 min 24 The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm 12 min 25 The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold 23 min 26 Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur 6 min 27 The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius 18 min 28 The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine 31 min 29 Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon 36 min 30 Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour 24 min 31 Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave 9 min 32 Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave 4 min 33 Slander - Isaac Barrow 34 min 34 On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great 27 min 35 Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter 21 min 36 The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard 41 min 37 Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard 7 min 38 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard 37 min 39 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard 30 min 40 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard 28 min 41 The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield 8 min 42 Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield 36 min 43 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield 26 min 44 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield 36 min 45 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield 21 min 46 The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede 11 min 47 A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede 4 min 48 The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede 6 min 49 Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher 26 min 50 Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher 32 min 51 Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher 16 min 52 A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven 34 min 53 Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell 23 min 54 Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell 27 min 55 Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin 24 min 56 Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin 5 min
