The World's Best Orations, Volume 3

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

Genre(s): Law, Political Science, Short non-fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): speeches (43), US history (11), orations (8)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Dignity of Human Nature - Horace Bushnell TotalEcho
00:15:27
Play 02 Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 1 - Benjamin F. Butler Merthin
00:25:28
Play 03 Article Ten (Argument Impeaching Andrew Johnson) Part 2 - Benjamin F. Butler Merthin
00:15:13
Play 04 The Government of the Tongue - Joseph Butler Gloria Loughry
00:10:23
Play 05 On the Conspiracy of Catiline - Caius Julius Caesar Gloria Loughry
00:15:18
Play 06 The Last Judgment - Daniel W. Cahill Gloria Loughry
00:12:38
Play 07 The Art of Eloquence - John Caird Gloria Loughry
00:27:00
Play 08 Against the Force Bill Part 1 - John C. Calhoun Ariphron
00:32:24
Play 09 Against the Force Bill Part 2 - John C. Calhoun Ariphron
00:20:12
Play 10 Against the Force Bill Part 3 - John C. Calhoun Ariphron
00:29:32
Play 11 Against the Force Bill Part 4 - John C. Calhoun Ariphron
00:23:35
Play 12 Against the Force Bill Part 5 - John C. Calhoun calatravabooks
00:21:22
Play 13 Against the Force Bill Part 6 - John C. Calhoun tingreads
00:29:42
Play 14 Against the Force Bill Part 7 - John C. Calhoun Gloria Loughry
00:16:32
Play 15 Denouncing Andrew Jackson - John C. Calhoun Kathleen Congdon
00:07:54
Play 16 Replying to Henry Clay - John C. Calhoun Gloria Loughry
00:09:46
Play 17 Self-Government and Civilization - John C. Calhoun mleigh
00:05:13
Play 18 Individual Liberty - John C. Calhoun mleigh
00:04:47
Play 19 The Necessity for Courage - John Calvin Gloria Loughry
00:10:07
Play 20 The Crisis of 1793 - Pierre Joseph Cambon Micfairy252
00:16:43
Play 21 Mind the Master Force - Alexander Campbell KerrySL
00:16:21
Play 22 England in Repose - George Canning Gloria Loughry
00:15:12
Play 23 Christianity and Oppression - George Canning Gloria Loughry
00:06:47
Play 24 Hate in Politics - George Canning Gloria Loughry
00:10:54
Play 25 The Edinburgh Address Part 1 - Thomas Carlyle Belinda Mc
00:16:03
Play 26 The Edinburgh Address Part 2 - Thomas Carlyle Belinda Mc
00:17:04
Play 27 The Heroic in History - Thomas Carlyle richiehayden
00:09:52
Play 28 Against Imperialism in France - Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot MichaelL
00:18:23
Play 29 Replying to the Grand Duke Alexis - Matthew Hale Carpenter mleigh
00:09:31
Play 30 The Louisiana Returning Board - Matthew Hale Carpenter Hubert Williams
00:06:40
Play 31 In Favor of Universal Suffrage - Matthew Hale Carpenter cmensch
00:05:08
Play 32 The Glories of Immortality - Alexander Carson Belinda Mc
00:08:41
Play 33 American Liberty - Hampton L. Carson Gloria Loughry
00:08:31
Play 34 American Progress and Foreign Oppression - Lewis Cass Gloria Loughry
00:26:54
Play 35 A Plea for Republican Institutions - Emilio Castelar MichaelL
00:18:20
Play 36 In the Campo Santo of Pisa - Emilio Castelar April6090
00:06:01
Play 37 Against the Accomplices of Catiline - Cato Uticensis Gloria Loughry
00:14:21
Play 38 Rome and Italy - Camillo Benso, Count di Cavour Belinda Mc
00:17:21
Play 39 Humboldt and the Teutonic Intellect - Paul Amand Challemel-Lacour Gloria Loughry
00:14:02
Play 40 When Old Things Pass Away - Thomas Chalmers InTheDesert
00:04:00
Play 41 War and Truth - Thomas Chalmers RosiesReading
00:03:12
Play 42 The Use of Living - Thomas Chalmers RosiesReading
00:01:54
Play 43 Manhood Suffrage - Joseph Chamberlain bobpliley
00:13:13
Play 44 On Jefferson Davis - Zachariah Chandler bobpliley
00:07:16
Play 45 The Man Above the State - William Ellery Channing bobpliley
00:14:34
Play 46 The Sovereignty of Ideas - Edwin Hubbell Chapin Tressa Collins
00:05:26
Play 47 Peaceful Industry - Edwin Hubbell Chapin RosiesReading
00:02:59
Play 48 The Source of Modern Progress - Edwin Hubbell Chapin Adrianher
00:03:07
Play 49 Scientia Liberatrix - Edwin Hubbell Chapin Adrianher
00:03:16
Play 50 Rectitude Higher Than Morality - Edwin Hubbell Chapin Dirk Victor
00:04:34
Play 51 Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 1 - Salmon P. Chase TR Love
00:22:46
Play 52 Thomas Jefferson and the Colonial View of Manhood Rights Part 2 - Salmon P. Chase TR Love
00:18:42
Play 53 Three Great Eras - Salmon P. Chase Gloria Loughry
00:09:13
Play 54 Has One Government the Right to Intervene in the Internal Affairs of Another? - Francois Rene, Viscount de Chateaubriand Gloria Loughry
00:18:43
Play 55 The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 1 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham Beeswaxcandle
00:18:35
Play 56 The Attempt to Subjugate America Part 2 - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham Beeswaxcandle
00:18:46
Play 57 The English Constitution - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham Beeswaxcandle
00:25:51
Play 58 His Last Speech - William, Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham Beeswaxcandle
00:06:52
Play 59 Good News from a Far Country - Charles Chauncy SparrowHawk76
00:13:23
Play 60 Against Revenues from Drunkenness and Vice - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield Belinda Mc
00:15:24
Play 61 In Favor of a Stronger Navy - Langdon Cheves J. L. Crafts
00:13:44
Play 62 False Pretenses - William Chillingworth JohnnyMack
00:07:39
Play 63 «Farragut»: An Address at the Unveiling of the Saint-Gaudens Statue - Joseph Hodges Choate Hubert Williams
00:23:49
Play 64 Books and Civilization in America - Rufus Choate bobpliley
00:28:22
Play 65 The Necessity of Compromises in American Politics - Rufus Choate bobpliley
00:27:06
Play 66 Heroism of the Early Colonists - Rufus Choate bobpliley
00:06:39
Play 67 The Blessing of Death - Saint John Chrysostom Larry Wilson
00:07:50
Play 68 The Heroes of Faith - Saint John Chrysostom Larry Wilson
00:06:05
Play 69 Avarice and Usury - Saint John Chrysostom Larry Wilson
00:02:38
Play 70 The Age of Action - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Wren Hua
00:16:45
Play 71 Gladstone's Egyptian Inconsistencies - Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill MattAbbottRigsbee451
00:20:48
Play 72 The First Oration Against Catiline Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:31:51
Play 73 The First Oration Against Catiline Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:21:40
Play 74 Catiline's Departure - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:11:49
Play 75 The Crucifixion of Gavins - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:14:42
Play 76 Supernatural Justice - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:11:22
Play 77 Cato and the Stoics - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:26:20
Play 78 For the Poet Archias Part 1 - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:14:50
Play 79 For the Poet Archias Part 2 - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:23:28
Play 80 The Fourth Philippic - Marcus Tullius Cicero Gloria Loughry
00:18:20
Play 81 The Courage of Leadership - Champ Clark Gloria Loughry
00:12:23
Play 82 A Rhapsody - Cassius M. Clay Gloria Loughry
00:06:37
Play 83 Aspirations for the Union - Cassius M. Clay Gloria Loughry
00:03:58
Play 84 America as a Moral Force - Cassius M. Clay Gloria Loughry
00:06:02
Play 85 Clement C. Clay - The Subtreasury Bill Wren Hua
00:13:31