The World's Best Orations, Volume 2


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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!

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 2 of 10. (20 hr 31 min)

Chapters

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 1 - Thomas H. Benton 28:29 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 2 - Thomas H. Benton 20:34 Read by Ted Lienhart
Against the United States Bank - Thomas H. Benton 13:49 Read by MaryT
"There is East: There is India" - Thomas H. Benton 3:48 Read by vk2309
Preaching the Crusade - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 7:07 Read by Gloria Loughry
Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 3:47 Read by Gloria Loughry
Against Luxury in the Church - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 2:45 Read by Gloria Loughry
On the Canticles - St. Bernard of Clairvaux 3:48 Read by Gloria Loughry
Conquest and Territorial Organization - John M. Berrien 10:08 Read by Ted Lienhart
Effect of the Mexican Conquest - John M. Berrien 7:06 Read by Ted Lienhart
Censorship of the Press - Pierre Antoine Berryer 6:58 Read by Ted Lienhart
Against the Assassins of President Lincoln - John A. Bingham 27:18 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 1 - Bismark 29:40 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 2 - Bismark 14:10 Read by Ted Lienhart
Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 1 - Jeremiah S. Black 20:24 Read by Cbteddy
Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 2 - Jeremiah S. Black 6:13 Read by Cbteddy
Oration on Garfield Part 1 - James G. Blaine 20:59 Read by Ted Lienhart
Oration on Garfield Part 2 - James G. Blaine 24:58 Read by Ted Lienhart
Oration on Garfield Part 3 - James G. Blaine 20:20 Read by Ted Lienhart
Military Government - Austin Blair 7:02 Read by Cbteddy
The Character and Work of Benton - Francis Preston Blair 20:32 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Deathbed of Benton - Francis Preston Blair 5:12 Read by Natotater
On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 1 - Francis Preston Blair 18:45 Read by Ted Lienhart
On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 2 - Francis Preston Blair 19:29 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Parting of the Ways Part 1 - Richard P. Bland 12:32 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Parting of the Ways Part 2 - Richard P. Bland 18:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
Misfortune and Exile - Lord Bolingbroke 26:45 Read by Ted Lienhart
Patriotism - Lord Bolingbroke 3:40 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Life of Service - Saint Bonaventura 10:38 Read by Gloria Loughry
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 1 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 30:06 Read by RobinAbbott
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 2 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 9:16 Read by RobinAbbott
Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 3 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 32:17 Read by RobinAbbott
The Mission of America - Elias Boudinot 28:21 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Passion of Christ Part 1 - Louis Bourdaloue 28:57 Read by Nichole Evans
The Passion of Christ Part 2 - Louis Bourdaloue 13:40 Read by KevinS
President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 1 - George S. Boutwell 21:15 Read by mleigh
President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 2 - George S. Boutwell 21:56 Read by mleigh
The Dred Scott Decision - John C. Breckenridge 8:04 Read by mleigh
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 1 - John Bright 19:55 Read by Ted Lienhart
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 2 - John Bright 24:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 3 - John Bright 10:14 Read by Ted Lienhart
Morality and Military Greatness - John Bright 18:30 Read by Ted Lienhart
Lincoln as a Typical American - Phillips Brooks 23:25 Read by Gloria Loughry
Power over the Lives of Others - Phillips Brooks 6:27 Read by Larry Wilson
The Assault on Sumner - Preston S. Brooks 10:20 Read by Ted Lienhart
Against Pitt and War with America - Lord Brougham 21:17 Read by Ted Lienhart
Closing Argument for Queen Caroline - Lord Brougham 24:31 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Prophecy - B. Gratz Brown 27:20 Read by Gloria Loughry
One Century's Achievement - Henry Armitt Brown 6:20 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Dangers of the Present - Henry Armitt Brown 5:46 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Plea of the Future - Henry Armitt Brown 2:49 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Value of the American Union - William Gannaway Brownlow 9:56 Read by Gloria Loughry
Grape Shot and Hemp - William Gannaway Brownlow 7:24 Read by Gloria Loughry
The "Cross of Gold" - William J. Bryan 28:25 Read by Bill Mosley
The Greatness of Burns - William Cullen Bryant 11:30 Read by Gloria Loughry
Inaugural Address - James Buchanan 27:03 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Heavenly Footman Part 1 - John Bunyan 17:02 Read by Belinda Mc
The Heavenly Footman Part 2 - John Bunyan 22:35 Read by Belinda Mc
The Supreme Court - Tristam Burges 19:14 Read by Gloria Loughry
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 1 - Edmund Burke 28:19 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 2 - Edmund Burke 32:05 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 3 - Edmund Burke 22:27 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 4 - Edmund Burke 30:00 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 5 - Edmund Burke 24:54 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 6 - Edmund Burke 27:31 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 7 - Edmund Burke 29:37 Read by Ariphron
Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 8 - Edmund Burke 29:10 Read by Ariphron
Against Coercing America - Edmund Burke 18:10 Read by Ted Lienhart
Principle in Politics - Edmund Burke 15:38 Read by Ted Lienhart
Marie Antoinette - Edmund Burke 2:50 Read by Ted Lienhart
Massachusetts and the Sumner Assault - Anson Burlingame 16:29 Read by Ted Lienhart