The World's Best Orations, Volume 1

Various

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.

Genre(s): Literary Collections

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Resurrection of Lazarus - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert
00:06:24
Play 02 The Last Entry into Jerusalem - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert
00:03:24
Play 03 The Divine Tragedy - Pierre Abelard InTheDesert
00:03:15
Play 04 The States and the Union - Charles Francis Adams tonette2695
00:17:15
Play 05 The Battle of Gettysburg - Charles Francis Adams, Junior tonette2695
00:17:37
Play 06 Inaugural Address - John Adams Michael Fassio
00:20:28
Play 07 The Boston Massacre, Part 1 - John Adams Kari Burns
00:29:01
Play 08 The Boston Massacre, Part 2 - John Adams Kari Burns
00:33:01
Play 09 Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams Gloria Loughry
00:47:46
Play 10 Lafayette - John Quincy Adams Gloria Loughry
00:16:03
Play 11 The Jubilee of the Constitution - John Quincy Adams Cbteddy
00:19:05
Play 12 American Independence - Samuel Adams Kari Burns
00:53:55
Play 13 A Farewell - Aelred tonette2695
00:03:47
Play 14 A Sermon after Absence - Aelred tonette2695
00:05:57
Play 15 On Manliness - Aelred tonette2695
00:03:16
Play 16 Against Crowning Demosthenes - Aeschines TriciaG
00:13:32
Play 17 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 1 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry
00:28:13
Play 18 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 2 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry
00:28:21
Play 19 Defense of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Part 3 - Frederick A. Aiken Gloria Loughry
00:28:06
Play 20 The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Albert the Great kevalam
00:06:50
Play 21 The Blessed Dead - Albert the Great kevalam
00:03:02
Play 22 A Call to Arms - Ethan Allen Kari Burns
00:14:22
Play 23 On the British Treaty - Fisher Ames Ted Lienhart
00:36:42
Play 24 The Sea of Life - Saint Anselm mleigh
00:12:26
Play 25 The Realities of Life and Death - Thomas Arnold Kari Burns
00:22:40
Play 26 Inaugural Address - Chester Alan Arthur Michael Fassio
00:06:12
Play 27 The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius Bill Mosley
00:18:10
Play 28 The Lord's Prayer - Saint Augustine Paula Messina
00:31:08
Play 29 Speech against Dueling - Francis Bacon Gloria Loughry
00:36:12
Play 30 Treaties as Supreme Laws - James Barbour Michael Natale
00:23:46
Play 31 Representative Democracy against Majority Absolutism - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave PeripateticTJ
00:09:00
Play 32 Commercial Politics - Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave PeripateticTJ
00:03:45
Play 33 Slander - Isaac Barrow Gloria Loughry
00:33:31
Play 34 On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great Gloria Loughry
00:26:33
Play 35 Unwillingness to Improve - Richard Baxter Suzanne Carol
00:20:39
Play 36 The Federal Judiciary - James A. Bayard Gloria Loughry
00:41:15
Play 37 Commerce and Naval Power - James A. Bayard Aaron Zimmerman
00:06:37
Play 38 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 1 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns
00:36:43
Play 39 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 2 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns
00:30:10
Play 40 A Plea for Conciliation in 1876, Part 3 - Thomas F. Bayard Kari Burns
00:27:59
Play 41 The Assassination of Lincoln - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle
00:08:21
Play 42 Against Democracy for England - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle
00:35:40
Play 43 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 1 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle
00:26:03
Play 44 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 2 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle
00:35:33
Play 45 The Meaning of "Conservatism", Part 3 - Lord Beaconsfield Beeswaxcandle
00:20:42
Play 46 The Meeting of Mercy and Justice - The Venerable Bede Ernst Schnell
00:11:22
Play 47 A Sermon for Any Day - The Venerable Bede David Koberling
00:03:56
Play 48 The Torments of Hell - The Venerable Bede Aaron Zimmerman
00:05:52
Play 49 Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 1 - Henry Ward Beecher Amie Willingham
00:25:56
Play 50 Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter, Part 2 - Henry Ward Beecher Carol Galbraith
00:31:33
Play 51 Effect of the Death of Lincoln - Henry Ward Beecher Sam Cantrell
00:16:22
Play 52 A Plea for the National Life of Scotland - Lord Belhaven Ernst Schnell
00:33:52
Play 53 Against Extremists, North and South - John Bell Gloria Loughry
00:22:59
Play 54 Transcontinental Railroads - John Bell Gloria Loughry
00:26:38
Play 55 Farewell to the Union - Judah P. Benjamin tonette2695
00:24:07
Play 56 Slavery as Established by Law - Judah P. Benjamin tonette2695
00:05:18